subject: The Hotel of Knights on Rhodes [print this page] RHODOS. RHODOS.
The word Eros is carved on the door to the suite. Each of the six rooms at the Avalon Boutique Hotel on Rhodes has Greek names. The elegant suite named after love is popular on wedding travel.
Others choose instead to sleep in the Mythos (legend), Thasos (sea) or Anatoli which means sunrise.
We are behind the walls of Rhodes Old Town. Among all the major luxury hotels in Rhodes, this small hotel is perhaps the most exciting to visit.
Lonely Planet calls the Avalon the finest in the Aegean. Avalon Boutique Hotel is built in an old knight's castle from the Middle Ages.
Unoccupied.
The building stood empty until it was bought by the current owner and he converted it into a hotel in 2007.
Today, newly married couples, business trips, conferences or charter tourists who want an exclusive experience of the South tour, are staying at the exclusive hotel in the old town. The hotel is now also come in charter directory, under the historic hotels.
We stopped to watch and take pictures of the Knight property.
The bar and cafe is open to all, if you want to stop by and look closely at the knight hotel. Do not expect to see some rooms, it is often fully booked by guests. And then they can't show them to you.
Rhodes Town.
Rhodes city has existed for 2400 years.
Old Town of Rhodes is one of the finest ancient inhabited cities existing today. Medieval walls stretching over four kilometers, and has the coat of arms from the great masters and knights. It was St John who came to Rhodes in 1309 and built the ancient city on the ruins of the city that has been there since 408 BC.
More to see in the old city:
1. Knights Gate. Here lay the knights homes.
2. Grand Masters palace. Today there are exhibitions on Rhodes in the palace.
3. Archaeological Museum. In the former Knight Hospital.
4. Art Museum. A folk museum showing the traditions of Rhodes.
5. The Byzantine Museum. Previously, it was a Byzantine church from 1000-tallet. which was converted to a mosque. Today it's a museum.
There are also many restaurants, coffee shops, restaurants and shops inside the old city.
