New Town (Elli & Mandraki)

A look around

What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

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Where it sits

The circle is New Town and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

• Palace of the Grand Master9 min walk721 m
• The Street of the Knights10 min walk815 m
• Rhodes Old Town12 min walk968 m
• Ixia & Ialysos (beach)20 min taxi6.8 km
• Faliraki nightlife37 min taxi12.3 km
• Anthony Quinn Bay40 min taxi13.4 km
• The Valley of the Butterflies57 min taxi19.1 km
• Lindos & its Acropolis126 min taxi41.8 km
• St Paul's Bay, Lindos127 min taxi42.2 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 5.Mandraki Harbour — The old harbour where the Colossus of Rhodes — one of the Seven Wonders — is said to have stood, its entrance now flanked by bronze deer and guarded by windmills and a fort. Stroll the quay past the yachts and the grand Italian-era buildings; a pleasant, history-soaked wander between the Old Town and the beach.
• 6.Elli Beach & the town beaches — The New Town's own beach — a long stretch of sand and shingle wrapping the northern tip of the island, with sunbeds, diving platforms and cafés, and the Old Town walls a stroll away. Handy rather than idyllic, but the joy is doing the medieval city in the morning and swimming in the afternoon.
• 12.Kallithea Springs — A beautifully restored 1920s art-deco thermal spa on the coast — domes, colonnades and mosaic courtyards stepping down to a rocky swimming cove of clear water. Wander the elegant grounds and snorkel off the rocks (it featured in 'The Guns of Navarone'); a stylish, unusual stop between town and Faliraki.