Top Things to do in Dodecanese
Top Hotels in Dodecanese
- 1. Elissa Lifestyle Resort
- 2. Atrium Platinum Luxury Resort Hotel & Spa
- 3. Atrium Palace Thalasso Spa Resort & Villas
- 4. Mitsis Alila Resort & Spa
- 5. Eden Roc Hotel
- 6. Mitsis Grand Hotel Beach Hotel
- 7. Utopia Boutique Hotel
- 8. Atrium Prestige Thalasso Spa Resort & Villas
- 9. Mitsis Blue Domes Resort & Spa
- 10. Pegasos Deluxe Beach Hotel
What to do and see in Dodecanese, South Aegean: The Best Hidden Gems Things to do
On the Aegean's eastern, edge the Dodecanese present perfect Greek vistas of whitewashed walls, turquoise blue skies and seas. Island-hopping by ferry, hydrofoil or catamaran is a splendid way to get into the leisurely pace. Once docked, you'll find many of these twelve idyllic islands are easily explored on foot. Don't miss Rhodes' Acropolis, the ruins of ancient Kamiros and Valley of the Butterflies or Kos' Askepion ruins. Tiny Patmos is known for the cave of St. John of the Apocalypse.
Restaurants in Dodecanese
1. Rhodes Toy Museum
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 99 reviews
Reviewed By 999millief
Visited here on hotel recommendation and thoroughly enjoyed this beautiful toy museum. Items carefully laid out by decade upstairs with with added bonus of free play arcade games and my all time favourite Pacman! Free entry, lovely staff, worthwhile visit.
2. Nisyros
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 639 reviews
Reviewed By lauratea01 - Manchester, United Kingdom
This post outlines the itinerary for the TUI trip from Kardamena to Nisyros as we couldn’t find this information anywhere when we booked. This is based on our hotel which was the Belvedere. 11:30 - Hotel Belevedere pickup 12:00 - Left Kardamena on pirate boat 13:15 - Arrive Nisyros - time in village 15:25 - depart for volcano 16:00 - arrive volcano crater 17:00 - leave volcano crater 17:30 - arrive Nikia village 18:00 - depart Nikia 18:35 - depart Nisyros
3. Kritinia Castle
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 425 reviews
Reviewed By SwissTonyPortsmouth
Just love the short climb up to the castle and to breath the fresh air here. The most spectacular views over the Aegean can e seen towards Symi. The small cafe has excellent Thyme honey on offer after the harvest and is one of the best honey's we have ever purchased.
4. Monolithos Castle
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,011 reviews
Reviewed By carlyp123 - Stansted Mountfitchet, United Kingdom
This is totally undersold, an easy-ish climb from the parking (coffee shop nearby for after!) and the views were exceptional. You can walk around and into the small church at the top, and also light a candle (donations can be left there too). There is no entrance fee, but should be!
5. The Church of the Panagia
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 466 reviews
Reviewed By The_Running_Tenor - Croydon, United Kingdom
We really didn't get on with Lindos; parking atrocious, too crowded and difficult to navigate. Fortunately we found what we were looking for more by luck and suddenly spotting the bell tower. It costs €2, you won't be allowed to take pictures and both men and women will need to cover bare legs and shoulders (coverings provided) but it's well worth it if you like churches. It's also nice and cool inside. The main building is completely covered in frescoes of bible stories with a "doom" picture at the back representing the day of judgement.There is a small exhibition of religious artifacts in a side chapel. It's all kept in good condition and very atmospheric with Greek orthodox church music playing. Probably the best €2 you'll spend on the island!
6. Agios Theologos Beach
7. Leros War Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 379 reviews
Reviewed By LenAndre - Sydney, Australia
A really interesting museum that showcases the islands history, with many artifacts and remains from the bombings during the war.
8. Farma of Rhodes Petting Zoo
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 768 reviews
Enjoy the feeling of being close to animals as never before. Ostriches and other animals wait for you to come and show them your love. In the farm you can interact with the animals, like touching, feeding and taking a photo with them! An exciting experience you will totally enjoy! We have also prepared a special area, where you can enter and safely interact with ostriches! Also, a botanic garden with local plant species awaits for you. After finishing your tour of the farm, you can enjoy our handmade dishes such as ostrich omelette or ostrich burger and other delicacies. Before leaving you can also pay a visit to our souvenir shop where you can find carved and painted ostrich eggs, cosmetics from ostrich, bee honey, herbs and other products from our farm!
Reviewed By 434arekm - Inverness, United Kingdom
Recommended for everyone! Very friendly staff, nice animals and great food in restaurant! **********milion star!
9. Profitis Ilias
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 154 reviews
Reviewed By palmsandtropics - Crete, Greece
Profitis Ilias. Here is the abandoned villa of Mussolini (also known as Villa de Vecchi). It got its name from the Italian commander of the Dodecanese archipelago under Mussolini Count Cesare Mario de Vecchi. This ardent supporter of the Italian National Fascist Party and a confidant of the Duce rebuilt a beautiful historic building to live in it, and in the summer use it as a summer residence of Benito Mussolini. The leader of the Italian fascists intended to spend in Rhodes the last years of his life after retirement, but did not manage to visit the island. Thus, the house went down in history as "Villa Mussolini", although the Duce never saw him. At the moment, the villa is already many years old and it is completely abandoned. After the Italians left the islands for some time, it was the spa house of the Greek royal family, and then - after the liquidation of the monarchy - became the property of the Greek state ???? To get to the villa, you can climb up the small slopes. But there is one “but” - the road to Profitis Illas is quite winding (serpentine), so if you are sensitive to such things, think better. ????
10. Plaka Forest
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 457 reviews
Reviewed By pirret - Norwich, United Kingdom
We hired a quad bike for several days and we made several visits to feed the cats and peacocks as we are animal lovers. The cats go crazy for meat and tinned food. We gave the peacocks a variety of watermelon, tomatoes, tinned sweet corn, and bird seed. They also really enjoyed the dry cat food. The forest isn’t difficult to find- it is just behind Kos airport and the clearing where the animals gather is fairly easily accessible via transport- probably not easy to get to if walking though.
