Marmaris Rhodes Day Trip

Join us on our exciting all day long Marmaris Rhodes Island Day Trip as a part of your Marmaris Holiday. Our Trip offers you the unique opportunity to visit Greece from Marmaris and be back in one day! To enable you to get the most out of this day trip we leave at 7-30 am and arrange to get back to Marmaris by 6 pm. Our guides will arrange a shuttle bus to take you to your Ferry.

You will go through Customs and Passport control and get your boarding pass and enjoy an approximately 45 minutes – 1-hour journey to Rhodes. The port of Rhodes has crystal clear waters and is most beautiful and we know you will thoroughly enjoy your day.

Remember with a valid Schengen visa ( UK Citizens don’t need one. ) You enter Rhodes Island Port directly from Marmaris. We organize high-speed catamarans with powerful engines to take you to Rhodes Port as quickly as possible.

For the Marmaris Rhodes Island Day Trip keep your passport handy in case you are asked for identification. When you book with us your port taxes are included in your ticket price. We offer excellent value for money.

There are two duty-free shops in Rhodes, and we recommend you purchase items you wish to buy just before your return to Marmaris When you arrive in Rhodes, you will have approximately six hours of free time to enjoy this incredible place. At the end of this information booklet, details of the limitations of alcohol, cigarettes, tobacco perfume are given.

It’s important to know the prices are half that of Turkey and are payable in Euros. Whilst food and drink are more expensive than Turkey the duty-free gives you excellent value and reduction in prices. The information following is written from our perspective having visited this Island regularly from the 1970s and it never ceases to amaze us. We believe it will provide information to whet your appetite. It gives you an excellent incite to get the best out of your day in Rhodes.

Rhodes is the most important and historical Island in the Dodecanese Greek islands.

It is today a bustling neighbourhood of 6000 people who live and work here in this city where the Knights of. St John dwelt six centuries ago. The citadel built by the Hospitallers is one of the best-preserved medieval towns in Europe. And is designated as a UNESCO. World Heritage site.

When you approach the medieval old town of Rhodes from your ferry you are in fair proximity to the ancient city walls of Rhodes Town You enter the Rhodes old town via one of the seven ancient gates in the City Walls. You are about to enter the oldest inhabited medieval city in the whole of Europe.

Ancient high city walls surround the old medieval city of Rhodes where you will find the most exciting walks. You will be pleasantly surprised as you wander through an intricate network of busy narrow commercial streets. They are delightfully alternate with quiet interesting interconnecting alleys.

It is a very active ancient town dwelt in for thousands of years and just brimming with history and most atmospheric. The colourful history of Rhodes means that it was occupied by many different ethnic groups and cultures over thousands of years.

Jews, Austrian, Turkish, Italian. German, English, Greek and Ottomans.

Too many to mention but in 160BC the Minoans occupied Rhodes after the bronze age. Later the Greeks with their Mythology invaded Rhodes and participated in the Trojan War. During the 6 centuries, the first settlement was formed. Rhodes meaning Helios the sun god. Rhodes also named after the native pink hibiscus that grows freely on the island.

Rhodes was famous for teaching astrology and mythology as well as many other subjects in their excellent schools and colleges. Rhodes had outstanding schools of philosophy, science, literature sculpture. As you meander through Rhodes, you will see many medieval buildings, traditional ancient fountains, oriental motifs, Byzantine and Gothic churches and Mosques, many other churches, shops, restaurants and bars all scattered through the city.

There are roughly 200 streets and alleys many with no name. Getting lost is not a defeat as locals will always guide you to the city walls with many openings If you ask for” Sokratous street” you can’t go far wrong as it's the central, main street in Rhodes Old town.

The Palace of the Grand Master.

This stands out because of its imposing entrance with well-preserved towers and battlements. The interior of these buildings is decorated with priceless ornamental objects which are impressive and well worth a look. Very impressive it houses the famous Medusa Mosaic. The Archeological Museum

It is housed in a stunning gothic building of the great hospital of the Knights which preserves many masterpieces and works of art. there are finds from ancient Ialysos and Kimiros and mosaic paintings from Rhodes Island.

The Knights Street is the imposing street that leads to the Palace of the Grand Master keeping alive the accommodations of the Order of the Knights. It’s Worth visiting PanagiaTou Kastrous the Panagia you Biurgkou (clock tower ), the Synagogue, the Mosques of the Suleyman and Recep Pasha as all fascinating

The City is alive with the art of all descriptions, jewellery, paintings, ceramic, metalwork, needlecraft and an array of different clothes to suit all. The cobbled streets are like mazes but never fear you will always find your way back. There are small antique intriguing inns and shops where you will find numerous choices of places to eat or drink where payment is in euros. You will just enjoy the incredible atmosphere of this unique setting.

It is like a film set with the expectation that the Knights will appear around one of the corners of the elegant antique houses .no wonder that many well-known films have been made here. Rhodes is more like a Turkish bazaar than any other Greek city.

As you meander the Rhodes streets you cannot help being touched by the history of Rhodes where a handful of Knights were the last Christians in a part of the world mostly Muslim with the Ottoman Turks. When the city did fall in 1523, the Knights were given safe passage and left Rhodes with 5000 Christian inhabitants who chose to leave rather than be controlled by the Sultan.

The City of Rhodes remains a vibrant city full of intrigue. As you enter the Gate at Navarbhou of the gate of Elefthemad you see the remains of the 3-rd. century Temple of Aphrodite and behind it the Lodge of the Knights of Aiberne built-in 1507. Next to it us the lodge of the Battalion of England and the first hospital of the grandmaster in 1440.

At the archaeological museum you will see in a small room the beautiful Aphrodite of Rhodes, don’t miss it. You will find because of all the historical splendours and antiquities you need a welcome drink from any of the fabulous choices of bars and cafes situated amongst the myriad of streets.

The most beautiful part of this city is the streets of the Knights in this medieval town. Refurbished to its ancient style and preserved it is lined by buildings where the warriors spent their days in prayer or military practice.

It’s like walking backwards in time.

The Palace of the Grandmaster is the single most impressive place in Rhodes with an interior full of inspiring ancient relics of the medieval period, ancient sculptures, and mosaics. If you decide to walk through the castle you walk through several thousands of years of history If you desire a birds-eye view of the city goes up the clock tower. The views are breathtaking.

It costs a few euros and when you come down trade your ticket for a drink at the bar. As you walk into Offerors Street it is wider with lots of squares, alleys, mosques and palaces around. There are also Turkish baths there.

The old city is safe, closed to vehicles and the narrow streets just fascinating. It’s easy to just stumble upon treasures and you can never get bored. You will enjoy it as it’s a shopper’s paradise. The medieval walls enclosed an enchanting microcosm a place where different eras, cultures and archaeological styles meet. It’s easy just to meander but maps are sold everywhere.

To write the history one needs a book, so this is purely a glimpse of it all. It has seen the ancient Greeks, Byzantines, Ottomans, Italians, English, Jews and does many more. There is a romantic view, but the truth is there are many ghosts in Rhodes. With them many archaeologists, tour guides, artists, permanent residents, guest houses, hotels and cooks still writing a story of Rhodes which has been unfolding for the past 3000 years.

Your first impression is awe. You will soon be soaking up the history. There is nothing more beautiful during your day out to walk around the medieval most now grassland where the trees and flowers are gulls of incredible fragrances and colours. Rhodes is where everyone should just visit at least once in a lifetime.

The Island other than Rhodes town is equally fascinating. We can guarantee you will be back. After an amazing day, you will find your way easily back to the ferry and delight in the duty-free shop to your heart’s content before sailing back to Marmaris after an extraordinary day out. Below the allowance which applies to the import of domestic. And foreign goods.