6 best day trips and tours in Rhodes

Explore the wilder northern part of Rhodes on a semi-private safari that moves beyond the island's busiest routes and into off-road landscapes, traditional villages and panoramic viewpoints. Stops include the Mineral Fossils, the Monastery of Saint Nektarios and Fountoukli Monastery, along with Eleousa – a village built in the 1930s during the Italian occupation and still marked by its abandoned period architecture.

The route climbs to Eftaporti Summit for panoramic views across northern Rhodes before finishing with lunch of traditional Rhodian platters in Platania village. Groups are kept small, with up to six people per vehicle.

Book your north Rhodes safari

Join a full-day guided tour that covers the west coast and interior of Rhodes with an English-speaking guide. The route begins at Ancient Kamiros – one of the island's three great Dorian cities, with ruins spread across three terraced levels above the sea – before continuing to the Castle of Kritinia and the wine village of Embona, where there is time for wine and olive oil tasting and lunch at a local taverna. The route then climbs to Profitis Ilias, before descending to the Byzantine church of Saint Nikolaos at Fountouklis and finishing at the Kallithea Springs complex on the east coast.

Book your Rhodes island tour and wine tasting

Sail south from Mandraki Port along the east coast of Rhodes, with a first stop at Anthony Quinn Bay for a swim before continuing to Lindos. The village sits below one of the most important archaeological sites in the Dodecanese – a hilltop citadel with a Doric Temple of Athena dating to around 300 BC, later fortified by the Byzantines and the Knights of St John. Three hours ashore gives you time to explore the whitewashed lanes of Lindos village, climb to the Acropolis or swim at one of the sandy beaches below. On the return to Rhodes Town, there is a final swimming stop at Tsambika beach.

Book your full-day cruise to Lindos

Head into southern Rhodes on a semi-private 4x4 safari through mountain scenery, traditional villages and monasteries. The route takes in Gadoura Dam, Artamitis Monastery and the Koufou Forest viewpoint, with views across the Aegean and the islands beyond, before reaching the Castle of Monolithos – built by the Knights of St John in 1476 on a 236-metre rock above the sea. The day ends with lunch of traditional Rhodian platters in Monolithos village. 

Book your south Rhodes safari