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Must See
       display 151 escutcheons of
       Grand Masters and Knights.
       The walls can be accessed
       from the Palace of the Grand        EAT
       Masters and walked all the
       way to the Agíou Ioánnou
       Gate, where you will have to   Marco Polo Café  Mezes
       pay a charge. They provide   Offerings at this courtyard   Excellent mains include
       unrivalled photo oppor­  diner vary seasonally,    grilled smoked mackerel
       tunities over the Old Town.  but expect delicious   and steamed mussels.
                              platters, such as grilled   Tables on the sea-view
                                octopus. Booking    terrace need reserving.
                                 is mandatory.    ⌂ Aktí Kanári 9,
       4                      ⌂ Agíou Fanouríou 42,    Psaropoúla district,
       Panagía tou Kástrou   Old Town   § 22410 25562  Neohóri   § 22410 27962
       ⌂ Apéllou   ¢ Closed for   ¡¡¡                ¡¡¡
       renovation
                                Ta Petaladika       To Steno
       Dating from the 11th century,           Tuck into stuffed courgette
       this Byzantine church became   Fair-priced fish dishes   flowers or octopus in
                              served in a courtyard
       the Knights’ cathedral, but             several guises. Book ahead
                              shaded by a giant ficus
       was converted by Ottomans   tree. There’s a good list of   for the courtyard.
       into the Mosque of Enderun,   distilled grape spirits.
       or the Red Mosque. It used to           ⌂ Agíon Anargýron 29, SW
       be the Byzantine Museum, but   ⌂ Menekléous 8,    of Ágios Athanásios Gate
       this closed some years ago,   Old Town   § 22410 27319  §  22410 35914
       with exhibits moved        ¡¡¡                ¡¡¡
       to the Palace of the Grand
       Masters, which has excellent
       displays on Rhodes’s history.
                               Rhodes New Town       Sými, Kos, Hálki, Tílos,
     Mezes            Néa                            Kárpathos, Kastellórizo
     1 km (0.6 mile)  A L .  PA PAG O U  Agora
                                 Eleftherías
                                  Gate
      d’Amboise      Museum of Modern  PLATIA  Nayarinou Gate
       Gate               Greek Art  SYMIS
                                    Temple of Venus
             Palace of the
            Grand Masters  The  Inn of  Panagía
                    Collachium  Inn of  Italy  tou Kástrou
                          France
                                      Arnauld Gate  Commercial
                                  PLATIA
                  IPPOTON  	STREET OF THE KNIGHTS   MOUSIOU  Harbour
                     Street         Inn of
                     of The  Archaeological  England
                     Knights  Museum     AKTI             Mylon
             ORFEOS
         Clock Tower        LAHITOS   APELLOU   ER MOU    Marine  Gate
                   THEOFILISKOU
           Library of   SOKRATOUS  POLYDOROU   Gate  Virgin Mary’s
                                                         PLATIA
       Hafiz Ahmet Ağa  Mosque of   Ta Petaladika  IPPOKRATOUS  S AKHTOURI  Gate  PISIDOROU
                                        PLATIA
           TIMOKREONDOS   Süleyman the  MILTIADOU   ARISTOTELOUS  PINDARO U
                   Magnificient
            A LEXANDRIDOU  XENOFONTOS  ARIONOS  AG I O U     FA N O U R I O U    ATHINAS  PLATONOS   PL. EVREON SIMI O U  Kadosh Shalom  KISTHINIOU   A K T I       P R O M I T H E O S
                                              MARTYRON
                              PLATIA
                                                        THISSEOS
                                     Mosque of
                     PL.
                                                      ALHADEF
                                    Ibrahim Pasha
                                              The Jewish
                    Marco Polo Café
                                                     and Museum
                                   ESKILOU
                                    PLATIA
                      ANDRONIKOU   The Bourg  SOFOKLEOUS  Quarter  Synagogue  Akandia
                                                              Gate
                                 In Camera  KLEOVOULINIS   DHIMOSTHENOU S   PERIKLEOUS   GAVALA
                        Ágious           P Y T H A G O R A    TAVR ISKOU    DIO NYSI OU
                  I P P O D A M O U
           Medieval   Fanoúrios
           City Walls             OM IROU        TLIPOLEMOU
                                                   IRINIS
                          TIMACHIDA
                Agia   IRODOTOU            ARC . EFTHI M IOU
                     D I M O K R AT I A S
             Athanasiou          Kokkini Porta Rossa
                Gate                                         VYRONOS
                                           Kokkini
                                           Gate
                            FIL E LL INON             0 metres  200 N
             To Steno
             400 m (440 yd)                           0 yards  200
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