Many who think of Rhodes think of the Old Town and it’s cobbled streets, but there’s a side to the New Town outside the medieval walls that may surprise many.
Yesterday was another sunny July morning. We headed up to Rhodes town to do some shopping.
The town was waking up as we arrived, with the coffee shops opening and locals arriving for work. As many others were, we started the day with leisurely frappé watching the town come alive around us.
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- The town was waking up
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- A spot for a frappé
A friend in town had recommended somewhere for breakfast a Swedish place called Kringlan. So we headed in that direction and started to wander around.
Many tourists will find their way to this street called Nikiforou Mandilara, with the Chinese Burger and Koukos restaurants next door to each other. All around this area are little alley ways and if you go for a walk down one of them you’ll find a completely different side to the town.
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- Chinese Burger on the right is a favourite with expats
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- Koukos restaurant open all year and always popular with the locals
Quaint alley ways lined with potted plants. There’s a grandeur to the architecture in streets that only mopeds can access.
Old gates and doors that give a glimpse into another world.
Little café, bars and restaurants appear around corners.
Interesting decorations, glimpses of the culture and history of Rhodes. With May wreaths of dried flowers still hanging on doors. Graffiti alongside flowers the future hope for this generation.
There’s the occasional derelict place, we look and wonder what stories it has to tell. Someone one day will rescue these places and turn them into something grand again.
There was colour and wonderful old stonework.
Surprised when we stumbled across a bar street, even here there was an interesting mixture of architecture and function.
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- bar street
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- an English pub
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- A Dutch bar
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- Something a bit more blue
What didn’t we find? We didn’t find queues at ATMs. We didn’t find queues at petrol stations. We didn’t find shortages on the supermarket shelves.
We found the warm smiling hospitality of the Greek people. We found good food and good coffee. We found a bustling European city. We found a place that’s safe to wander around. We found tourists and locals enjoying life.
I even found these signs but couldn’t decide which to buy?
which should I get?
What will you find when you wander around Rhodes town next time you’re here?
This post is linked up to #fridaypostcards
Thanks for posting this in #TravelAtHome – a really lovely look at a different side of town. I hardly remember Rhodes (I was there as a young child) it is a place that lives in my memory as a a few flashes and, of course, from photographs. Yours have inspired me to think it would be a great place to take the children.
amazing pictures
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Beautiful photos and you’ve inspired me to find the alleyways and have a wander. I usually go to the new town if I go up but I haven’t seen these places so well done, it just shows how much more there is to enjoy!
Thank you Katrine, it’s always great to find new things on your doorstep, I hope enjoy wandering next time you’re in town.
Fantastic photos. Greece is one place I haven’t got to… yet! Maybe next time. Very inspiring. #wednesdaywanderlust
Thank you Kim, I hope I can inspire people to visit here, there is so much more to Greece than just the beautiful beaches and white houses, though those are good too!
What a great look at the city! I love to check out places abroad, I would never get to travel to.
Thanks for sharing on the #OMHGWW this week!! Hope you have a lovely week!
Thank you Karren, maybe you will get to travel here one day?
This looks like a city I could just aimlessly wander in all day long.
Thanks for joining in #wednesdaywanderlust
Some cities are made for aimlessly wandering, thank you
This is a lovely area of Rhodes. Like the colors and all the interesting details. When I visited Rhodes, I stayed in Old Town. I would have like to visit this area.
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The Old Town is amazing, but now you have an excuse to come back again one day?
Lovely. Thanks for taking us with you via these shots, and thanks for linking up at
http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-community-with-holiday-spirit.html
Thank you for connecting and organising the link up
Hi, that virtual stroll was fabulous, thank you. X
It’s good to wander 😀 glad you enjoyed it
Rhodes is beautiful – I love the old and new town. The signs are fun – I think I would have to have the second one (I’m a mop hater!)
I don’t know why some people enjoy cleaning floors? Good to have a partner in crime! Think I’m going to have to go back and buy these! Thank you
I love that sign “Real women don’t have hot flushes the have power surges”
I think I may have to go back at get both eventually! Or make my own versions?