Rhodes Holidays: Enjoying A Visit To The Castles Of Rhodes
Rhodes is blessed with such places and sites that are having attractive and striking
beauty and attract lot of tourists every year and make them have fun during their Rhodes Holidays. It provides visitors with such beautiful sites and unique places that their Rhodes Holidays ideas get fully packed with fun and thrilling experiences.Some of the castles whose view will make your stay to the Rhodes unforgettable are as under:
Castle of Lindos:
Lindos castle is the one that was built initially for the governor who stayed here for a particular period of time. It is a three story building with a palace like shape. Crusades of that time helped in the building of this castle. It is all around covered by the Lindos Acropolis walls and stands on a huge and vertical sea rock of Lindos village.
It was surrounded by the equipped walls of the Acropolis of Lindos. But unfortunately, hardly two among those three buildings are surviving today. This place is a must visit for history seekers to make best Rhodes holidays.
The Castle of Kastro Kritinias or Kastello Castle
The Castle of Kastro Kritinias is a unique but ruined castle of its sort located beside a village that comes after walking on a dirt road of the hill. It comes under the vicinity of Attaviros. Commonly known as Kastello by the locals, it is a 16th century Venetian castle available on the top of a hill that oversees the sea in the direction of Chalki.
This castle was established by the Knights of the Order of St. John. Its site was chosen by the Crusaders due to its advantageous position on the top. It was chosen due to its 360 degree angle. Also, it offered quite easy monitoring of the enemies and pirates.
Feraklos Castle
Feraklos Castle is a 150 meters high medieval castle situated in Archangelos in the east of Rhodes, opposite the coastal line of Asia Minor. Today, you can see just its 2 meters thick walls with some of the 12th century turrets that survived. If you go inside the castle, you can enjoy an old water reservoir along with few other ruined infrastructures. One must climb up the steep to the top as its views from the top are dazzling. The castle provided knights of the time with an easy access to the known sea routes towards the Near Eastern and northern African regions.
Asklipio Castle
Askilipio castle, a small castle of medieval times is having a striking beauty apart from the fact that it is ruined to some extent. If viewed from the top you will see an old village covered all around with beautiful valley. This valley is having beautiful white colored small houses and narrow streets. Askilipio castle is in the southern part of the island and is much beautiful as compared to other castles in Rhodes Island.
Byzantine Castle of Ialyssos
Having few of its remains in Ialyssos (also known as Ialissos and Ialysos), is located the Byzantine castle Of Ialyssos of 11th century. The knights of St, John undertook the monopolistic control of this castle. It is one of the commendable places in Rhodes. Whenever you plan your Rhodes holidays you must visit this place at least once.
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