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Asklipio
The village of Asklipio has a superb Byzantine church and a medieval castle to offer as sights to its visitors. It is a rather small but lively village, with a fairly large population. The heart of the village is the square in front of the Church of the Dormition. You should take a look at the interior of the church, which was built in 1060 and has been recently restored, and admired the extraordinary fine Byzantine wall paintings. Just next door, in the church's old olive press, you will find a small folklore museum. After visiting the church, take the road up to the castle. At the top of the hill the medieval fortifications offer a marvelous view of the beach stretching endlessly from Kiotari all the way to Gennadi.
Kiotari
Here you will find large, luxury hotels, a few well-run restaurants and Taverna’s, a shopping centre with more or less anything you need. These are the main features of what is regarded as the most contemporary and stylish tourist resort on Rhodes. Although Kiotari has grown very much over the last ten years along an impressive vast beach, it does not yet suffer from the same tourist saturation which has unfortunately marred too many of the other traditional resorts on Rhodes. |