rhodes greece things to do Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/rhodes-greece-things-to-do Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:59:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 RHODES http://toursmaps.com/rhodes.html http://toursmaps.com/rhodes.html#respond Thu, 24 Nov 2016 08:37:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=226238 RHODES The undisputed tourism capital of the Dodecanese, the island of Rhodes (pop.99,000) has retained a sense of serenity in the sandy beaches along its east coast, the jagged cliffs skirting its west coast, and the green mountains dotted with villages in its interior. The island’s most famous sight is one that doesn’t exist: the Colossus of Rhodes, a 35m bronze statue of Helios was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. While recent historians have debated the exact stance of the statue, legend says it straddled the island’s harbor until it was destroyed by an earthquake in

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