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Medieval buildings, mosques, traditional fountains, oriental motifs, Byzantine and Gothic churches, shops and cafeterias are scattered throughout the Old Town of Rhodes.
There are approximately 125 streets or lanes of which about 10% lie on the old Hellenistic street plan of 2400 years ago, that was a straight forward North/south and east/west street plan, with two hills, on one you find the Grandmaster´s castle, which is the busy northern part of town, and the other one opposite the first one two windmill remains, which is the quiet part of the old town.
So if you walk around noon in a quiet narrow street with the sun in your face, you are walking away from the crowd. If you walk away from the sun, then after while you see more and more people, keep on going for a few meters more and you enter a wide busy street with a lot of little shops, probably "Odos Socratous" or the Socratous street, to your right is the main square, to your left is the castle.
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Rhodes old town
Rhodes Old Town itself is surely the main attraction here. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is one of the best preserved and most extensive medieval towns in Europe
As you wander from the bus station, and over the outer wall and moat, it's like stepping back in time and reliving all your childhood dreams of being a knight and attacking exotic castles in distant lands.
It is also the location of many monuments and several museums - make sure to get a good map. If you want to see it all, plan for at least a day, and two will not be amiss if you want to see all the museums.
