Where to Stay in Rhodes First Time: 14 Best Areas & Towns - Easy Travel 4U

Rhodes has a long history, from ancient Minoan and Mycenaean settlers to its classical and Hellenistic Golden Age as a powerful maritime and cultural center known for the Colossus of Rhodes. Following conquest by the Romans and Byzantines, the island was conquered by the Knights of St. John in 1309, who fortified the capital city. The island was later ruled by the Ottoman Empire and then Italy before being officially incorporated into Greece in 1947. Ancient and Hellenistic per #fypシ゚viralシfypシ゚