Archaeological Site of Kamiros — Attraction in Municipality of Rhodes

I don't drive had to spend quite a bit on a taxi to get here and then wait around for 2 hours to get the only bus back to rhodes city from a 50 minute walk away, and it was absolutely worth it. First of all you need to hire a car as the bus links to South West Rhodes are pitiful. Large carpark with plenty of parking and a small cafe with the usual just inside the gate. The site itself is set in a valley up in the hill looking out across toward Turkey and Symi. The site itself is quit large with the central part of the ancient town on the lower section. Then the houses with the sanctuaries and temples on the upper part of the slopes. Most of the buildings are fairly intact up to about 5 foot so the outline courtyards of the houses are clearly visible and give a good understanding of how they were built and the layout. Simply the best classical historical site in Rhodes...

We really enjoyed our visit to Kamiros. A few days earlier, we'd visited Lindos Acropolis and to us, this was far more authentic and original. It's a government run site and entry is a few Euros each. There's car parking just outside the main entrance and toilets inside. They operate a non enforced one way system that first takes you up the right-hand side of the site, with stunning views out to sea and if the archaeological site. We'd suggest following the arrows as it gives you the best views of the site. There's little information available about the site whilst you're there but we had a good phone signal and Google 🙂. On a sunny day, it's extremely hot with virtually no shade so take a hat and plenty of water. We'd suggest allowing 60 - 90 minutes to explore the site. There was a small shop selling ice creams but it was closer when we visited at the...

Kameiros was one of the major cities of the island, the other two being Lindos and Ialyssos, and all of three being of Dorian (a major ancient Greek tribe) origin, whose coalition built the city of Rhodes in the late 5th century BC, a polis that evolved into a major regional player in the ancient world. Though the building of Rhodes naturally shifted much of the interest of the local population there, the city of Kameiros remained in use for approximately another millenia. Its disuse after that and its distance from urban centers that evolved significantly in the following ages left it considerably well preserved. The outline of the city and most of its buildings is quite discernable. Thus, though not even nearly as spectacular as Lindos, it is well worth a visit. The ascent is much less tiresome, the ruins are impressive, and the view...