OUR VILLAGE ASKLIPIO
Welcome to the first of our village reviews, featuring
accommodation, eateries and history.
Should you be staying at the many Hotels, Guest houses,
Apartments or B&B’s in the area or surrounds it is always good to get out
and see the beauty of the country and sample the local fare.
Our first village to be featured in Southern Rhodes is
Asklipio, to get to the village you have to be travelling along the
Lindos-Gennadi road and at the intersection with Kiotari you travel up towards
Asklipio.
The village is renowned for its beautiful traditional houses
and Byzantine church, the church of the Domitian was originally built in 1066
and next door to the church a museum of the local produce, ”olive oil”. Moving
further up from the church square you go up to the remains of a medieval castle
built for and by the crusades, this can either be walked or driven up dependant
on your fitness level. As you ascend the slope towards the castle many
varieties of herbs grow on the sides of the road and or pathways these include Oregano
and sage both used in medieval medicine hence the name Asklipio “Place of
healing” Asklipio is not only renowned for its, beauty and friendly villages it
also has some of the best local fare found on Rhodes island. Just off the
square you find Nikolas’ traditional Greek food and Sylvia’s Greek Food and
Merkouri Cafe/Snack bar all highly recommended. Then just further into the
village you find Stamatis Cafe/snack bar. Then as you enter the village to the
right you will find Agapitos Cafe / Restaurant. During the season I will be
featuring them separately to get the full rating. But all are recommended by
this blog and blogger.
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