I noticed after looking more carefully at the optional excursions offered by the cruise line that I had neglected to tell you of another one offered on the island of Rhodes which includes Old Town Rhodes and Philerimos.
It is a 3-hour bus tour with some walking for 47 Euros (price subject to change) a short distance from Old Town Rhodes featuring a monastery set on the beautiful hillsides of Mount Philerimos (sometimes spelled Filerimos).
The tour drives along the medieval walls west of town to Mount Smith, the acropolis of Rhodes which offers panoramic views of the city and harbor. It is named for the English Admiral Sir Sidney Smith who kept watch from there for Napoleon’s fleet in 1802. It is also known as Agios Stephanos.
The hill is the site of a 3rd century BC city featuring a stadium, acropolis, and small theater, or odeion, built in an unusual square shape. Only three columns remain of the mighty Temple of Pythian Apollo. Nearby are the ruins of temples to Athena Polias and Zeus Poliefs.
The summit of Philerimos a short drive away is the next stop on this excursion, and is the site of Ialyssos, one of the three ancient cities of Rhodes. Among the cypress and pines sits the restored Byzantine Church of Our Lady of Philerimos, a complex of four chapels; the main one built in 1306 leads to the other three. The innermost chapel has a Byzantine floor decorated with a red mosaic fish.
The Italians erected a Calvary from the entrance of the monastery in the form of an avenue with the Stations of the Cross illustrated on plaques. On the headland stands a giant 59-ft. cross.
This tour concludes with an easy and flat walking tour of Old Town Rhodes and a stop at a ceramic workshop.
It is a 3-hour bus tour with some walking for 47 Euros (price subject to change) a short distance from Old Town Rhodes featuring a monastery set on the beautiful hillsides of Mount Philerimos (sometimes spelled Filerimos).
The tour drives along the medieval walls west of town to Mount Smith, the acropolis of Rhodes which offers panoramic views of the city and harbor. It is named for the English Admiral Sir Sidney Smith who kept watch from there for Napoleon’s fleet in 1802. It is also known as Agios Stephanos.
The hill is the site of a 3rd century BC city featuring a stadium, acropolis, and small theater, or odeion, built in an unusual square shape. Only three columns remain of the mighty Temple of Pythian Apollo. Nearby are the ruins of temples to Athena Polias and Zeus Poliefs.
The summit of Philerimos a short drive away is the next stop on this excursion, and is the site of Ialyssos, one of the three ancient cities of Rhodes. Among the cypress and pines sits the restored Byzantine Church of Our Lady of Philerimos, a complex of four chapels; the main one built in 1306 leads to the other three. The innermost chapel has a Byzantine floor decorated with a red mosaic fish.
The Italians erected a Calvary from the entrance of the monastery in the form of an avenue with the Stations of the Cross illustrated on plaques. On the headland stands a giant 59-ft. cross.
This tour concludes with an easy and flat walking tour of Old Town Rhodes and a stop at a ceramic workshop.
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