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THE ISLAND
GENERAL FEATURES
MAP
LANDSCAPE
THE SEA
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Rhodes, general features
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A Greek island of the Aegean Sea, included in the group of the
Southern Sporades, among which it is the largest, it is
administered in the nomos, of which it is the capital city.
Rhodes lies about 20 Kms. off the Turkish coast; it is shaped as
a lengthened rhomb, from south-west to north-east, and it is 80
kms long and 38 kms. large. Mostly a mountainous land, its
highest peak is Mount Attaviro (1215 m. high). Its main economic
resources are: agriculture, ovine breeding, sponge fishing and
tourism. The main centre is
Rhodes, on the farthest northern end
of the island, active trade and tourist port, with food,
mechanic and tobacco industries.The western coast of
Rhodes,
constantly scourged by the wind, is a long strip of land -full
of hotels, coffee houses and restaurants on gravely
beaches-
stretching from Rhodes town to Paradisi. |
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But heading southwards, the landscape becomes green and fertile,
with vineyards, olive trees, woody slopes and picturesque
rural villages. To be seen Moni’ Filerimos, the ancient Kamiros,
the wine centre of Embonas, mount Elijah Prophet, with its
springs and the charming valley of Petaludes, the place which
gives Rhodes the nickname of “The island of Butterflies”.
Further southwards, we find all kinds of sceneries: ravines
surmounted by castles and views on the sea as far as the isles
of Halki and Alimia. The eastern part, more sheltered, counts
kilometres of rocky beaches and little inlets, among
which the crowded places of Kalithea, Faliraki, Afandou,
Archangelos and Lindos, in a sharp contrast with the desert
banks of the south-east.
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The eastern part of the island is divided into two sections:
from the southern tip Prassonissi, so far as Pefkos, and then
from Lindos upwards as far as
Rhodes town. The landscape shows a
variegated mosaic, from the oasis Epta’ Piges and the orange
grove to the trait of indented coast and the sandy creeks..
In the south of the island we find Capo Prassonissi, which
becomes the extreme southern end or an independent island,
according to the tide. Over the time Capo Prassonissi has
gradually become the paradise of windsurfers, owing to the
constantly strong wind of the sea, which is calm on one side
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