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STAY

Kokkini Porta Rossa
A boutique inn with
six suites in converted
medieval buildings. The
courtyard breakfasts
are second to none.
⌂ Opposite Pródromos
bastion church,
Rhodes Old Town
# Late Mar–early Nov
∑ kokkiniporta.com
¡¡¡

The Square of the Jewish Martyrs, In Camera
in the heart of Rhodes’s Old Town A photographer has
restored a rambling
ruin as six suites and
one villa. Showers
interior. A new minaret was Grand Master expelled all the occupy old chimneys
added in 1999. It is still an Jews), when Rhodian Jewry open to the heavens,
operating mosque, used was trans ported to Auschwitz. and breakfast is taken
regularly by local Muslims. East along Aristotélous is Platía gazing at the domes and
Evréon Martýron (Square of minarets in the plaza.
the Jewish Martyrs), named ⌂ Sofokléous 35, Rhodes
9 for all those who perished in Old Town ∑ incamera.gr
the extermination camp. A
Ágious Fanoúrios multilingual memorial of ¡¡¡
black granite dominates the
⌂ Agíou Fanouríou, corner
Omírou square. The sole remain ing Lindian Village
synagogue, Kadosh Shalom This bungalow complex
The tiny, partly subterranean, Synagogue and Museum, offers watersports, a
frescoed Byzantine (dated 1335) stands nearby on Simíou, and spa, several restaurants
church of Ágios Fanoúrios is has a good museum on the and suites with private
close to the Mosque of Ibrahim local Jewish community. pools. There’s also a
Pasha. It is much loved locally, crêche for toddlers.
as Phanourios is the saint of Kadosh Shalom ⌂ Lárdos, 55 km
lost objects, unrequited love Synagogue and Museum (35 miles) S of Rhodes
and prostitutes. The tradi tional " ⌂ Simíou crnr Dosiádou Old Town
red-light district is scarcely # Apr–Oct: 10am–3pm ∑ lindianvillage.gr
a block away. Sun–Fri ∑ rhodesjewish ¡¡¡
museum.org
Lindos Blu
0 At sleek, adults-only
The Jewish Quarter q Lindos Blu, only water
East from Platía Ippokrátous, Museum of Modern features soften the
the Bourg embraces Ovriakí. Greek Art minimalist design. It
This was the Jewish Quarter ⌂ Platía Sýmis 2 # 9am– offers superlative
from the 1st century AD until 2pm & 5–9pm Mon–Fri customer service.
German occupation in 1944 ∑ mgamuseum.gr/en/ ⌂ Above Vlýha cove,
(with a brief gap when one 60 km (37 miles) S of
info.php Rhodes Old Town
This museum is dedicated to ∑ lindosblu.gr
19th- and 20th-century art, ¡¡¡
The pink-hued Mosque of and displays engravings,
Süleyman the Magnificent, paintings and sculptures
with its rebuilt minaret by local artists.
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