Hotel Sun Palace Rhodes

... part of their individual domains. Bereft of any provenance, Apollo rose from the depths of the sea the island of Rhodes and bestowed upon it bountiful sun to show that the island was his. And indeed, Rhodes is known to have more sun than any other Greek ...

... all we care about is that we're exhausted and my stomach hurts. Anyway, we went on a short excursion: Medieval Rhodes and the Grand Master's Palace, for 2 1/2 hours and $49 each. As it turns out, we might have enjoyed just walking through the town just ...

... a big tourist destination. We  are physically closer to Turkey than mainland Greece.  The Colossus of Rhodes,  in honour of the sun god Helio, was one of the original Seven Wonders of the World. The monument was toppled by an earthquake ...

... islands reinstalled in the floors of the various rooms. There is also a very interesting exhibit displaying archaeological finds from Rhodes through the ages - nicely set out and with interesting commentaries. That night we go to a small restaurant in ...

Rhodes, known as the Island of the Sun, because of its average of 300 sunny days, lives up to its name when we arrive the next morning. The origin of the island is also connected to a Greek myth: when Zeus decided to divide the earth among the Greek gods ...