All my life I’ve wanted to visit Greece and indulge my passion for ancient history and archaeology.
When hubby suggested marking our 40th anniversary (in 2013) with a vacation, it came to mind immediately.
Thus, we embarked on the trip of a lifetime! Come along for the ride, will you?This is a multi-part series. See other chapters HERE.
Part X: The Island of Rhodes
Sept. 18, 2013
[Day 3 of 4, Greek Islands Cruise]
The Medieval Old Town in the City of Rhodes has been declared a World Heritage Site
and is one of the most popular tourist destinations.
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The Knights of St. John, aka Knights Hospitaller were the ruling force on Rhodes from 1309 until 1522, when the Turks drove them out. They eventually settled in Malta.
Unfortunately, on the day we visited, the Knights’ castle was closed due to a general strike (not uncommon in Greece, with the economic and political climate at that time), so we could only view it from the outside. What a pity!
Exterior, Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes:
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This tourist video shows what we missed, (ie, the palace interior), starting at 1:31:
About 48 km south of Rhodes (city) is the town of Lindos. Once again we were cheated out of visiting the major attraction there, the Acropolis. On the other hand, we would have had to climb 100 stairs, which seemed a bit daunting at the time. Still disappointing!
Watching this video now, makes me even more sorry we missed it. Good reason to go back!
This cave below the Acropolis has an interesting history:
Many of the walkways and entrances in Lindos are beautifully paved in stone. This artwork is known as “Choklakia”:
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Despite the shortened itinerary, we enjoyed this tour of Rhodes immensely.
Another beautiful Greek island, steeped in history!
Except where noted, images © Debbie D. & The Doglady’s Den
Would you like to go?
Only two stops to go!
Missed the previous travelogues? Click HERE to view
[Dates TBA]
CRETE AND THE PALACE OF KNOSSOS – GREEK ODYSSEY XI
~~~~~~~~ SENSATIONAL SANTORINI – GREEK ODYSSEY XII
THE ENTIRE GREEK ODYSSEY SERIES:
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Dog Mom and (retired) Canine Innkeeper in suburban Toronto, Canada, known as The Doglady. Former corporate workaholic. Writer, photographer, digital creator. Animal lover, music fanatic, inveterate traveller. Eternal hippie/rockchick. History, literature and cinema buff. Hockey and soccer fan. Dedicated night owl. German/Canadian binational, multilingual. Let me entertain you!
13 thoughts on “THE ISLAND OF RHODES: GREEK ODYSSEY PART X”
I doubt now that I will get to visit this area. Glad I saw what I did when I was young.
You had some excellent travel adventures, Denise! 🙂 There are many places I’d love to visit too but know it won’t happen, like India and Australia. At least there’s the internet and we can be armchair travellers. Have a good weekend!
I’d love to visit Greece but increasingly it seems a distant dream. So I shall visit vicariously. Thanks Debbie.
That’s how I feel about India and Australia, but with my blogging connections, I am able to experience both places virtually, at least. 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed the travelogue. Thanks for the visit!
Rhodes indeed looks like a lovely place to visit! Makes me want to visit it. Hope you had a good time despite missing out on a few things because of the strike.
We did enjoy what we saw; it’s such a remarkable place, steeped in history. Still disappointing to travel all that way and not experience everything, though. Thanks for coming by! 🙂
Those Knights held their ground for better than 200 years… That is some serious fortitude.
Even leaving, they just moved on down the road, and dug in once more. Good for them.
They were real tough guys, for sure! 🙂 This fall, we’ll be touring their subsequent home – Malta. Another place high up on the bucket list. Exciting! 😀
Avoiding any nasty comments about unions, It still would have been a blast to be there…
We still enjoyed it, but when you travel all that way, you want to see everything. Oh well, circumstances were out of our control and they did give us a partial refund for the tours we missed.
Hi Debbie,
I’m always amazed at your travel history. It’s a real blessing to see the world as you have. Those mosaics in the palace of the Grand Master are incredible! It’s so sad that you didn’t get to go inside and see them up close and personal. But, like you said, you can go back. And the Choklakia stone art is beautiful as well.
The Acropolis is stunning — and I loved the “Acropolis kitty” all curled up. 🙂 What always blows my mind is to see those incredible massive structures and to think how they were constructed way back then without modern machinery. Men were very strong and muscle-y back then! 🙂
The cave beneath is breathtaking! Did you take that photo? Wowsa. And how cool that the Guns of Navarone was filmed there.
The “Seeing Eye Tree” definitely caught my eye (pun intended). What’s that all about? I’m sure there’s a story there… It’s very cool.
Oh, I wanna go….somewhere. I wonder: will I ever get there? It’s like my wondering “Will I ever get my HUGE house that I’ve been dreaming about for decades now?” I mean, I’ve been saving so much “stuff” — artwork, furniture, this, that…all for “This will go in my big huge house that I will have one of these days…” Like I’d have any business having a 7500 sq ft home. How ridiculous is that? On a dogsitter’s income no less. haha! Oh Christ, I’d have to get married for it. THAT doesn’t appeal to me so I might as well start selling all this shit around here… Maybe then I could get my vehicle in the garage… 🙂
Anyway, Thanks for sharing your amazing journeys with us. You know I travel vicariosly through you … and my dogsitting customers. I have some now who are in Ireland, then heading to the Serengeti, then back to Ireland before heading home — now that’s a trip! Another couple is in Italy for a few weeks, one just got back from an Alaskan cruise, another couple went to the Bahamas, and then the stateside folks (one at Big Bend National Park which is here in Texas, and others doing family trips in other states). The guy who is in Big Bend right now just told me that he got a new job and will be traveling frequently back and forth to Kenya, so that’s going to be cool too… Have you ever been to Africa? I don’t think I ever heard you mention traveling to Africa.
Okay Greek Godess, I’m off to take a break. I’m going to take advantage of all the dogs napping right now. I might just join them in that…
XOXO
Michele at Angels Bark
HI Michele; We sure did miss a lot during the tour of Rhodes. Those mosaics must be spectacular in person! These are all my original photos. It’s taken me five years to sort through everything and get these travelogues written. Still two to go! I tried to find more information about the “Seeing Eye” tree, but there’s nothing, anywhere. Must have been some passing artist. Doesn’t it look cool? 😀
My clients go to some spectacular places too and sometimes, they bring me little gifts. I have a lot of t-shirts from different places.
A 7500 sq. ft. house would be a huge expense. Think of the utility bills; and the property taxes! 😮 Are you buying lottery tickets, Michele? 😉 I couldn’t imagine marrying someone for material reasons either.
I have been to the northwest coast of Africa, called the Spanish Sahara at the time (now Western Sahara). It was part of a trip to the Canary Islands in 1967. Here’s the link, if your interested:
http://thedogladysden.com/reflections-of-puerto-de-la-cruz-and-the-sahara-desert/
Thanks for checking out the travelogue. Enjoy your nap! 🙂