Ialysos is famous for its natural beauty and history.
Discover attractions of the Greek islands, mainland and metropolis. Apart from archaeological sites, monuments and museums, did you know that you can visit some of the most amazing monuments of geological interest in the word? Don't miss the chance to visit the Petrified Forest of Lesvos and Meteora in Thessaly, Central Ialysos!
Ialysos, Rhodes, Rhodes Island, Dodecanese The tiny aisleless church of Ai-Giorgis Chostos, to the west of the ancient temple, apparently belongs to the Byzantine period.
In the 15th c. its walls were covered with paintings depicting the Passion and the Life of the Virgin... View More
Ai Giorgis Chostos Church
Filerimos Monastery
Ialysos, Rhodes, Rhodes Island, Dodecanese The church built by the Knights, in the 14th c., originally consisted of two hexagonal chapels in the area of the aisleless Byzantine church. It was modified in the late 15th c., though retaining its distinctive double form, since... View More
Filerimos Monastery
Museum of Mineralogy and Paleontology Stamatiadis
Ialysos, Rhodes, Rhodes Island, Dodecanese The Stamatiadis Mineralogy and Paleontology Museum is the first of its kind, both in Rhodes and within the greater area of the Dodecanese. The absence of a museum such as this has in the past been repeatedly reproached to this... View More
Museum of Mineralogy and Paleontology Stamatiadis
Road of Golgotha
Ialysos, Rhodes, Rhodes Island, Dodecanese During the period of Italian rule (1912-1945) a “Golgotha” was built: this was a series of shrines with relief scenes of the Passion, which leads from the square to the west edge of the plateau of the Philerimo hill and to... View More
Road of Golgotha
Ruins of the Baptistery of the Early Christian Basilica
Ialysos, Rhodes, Rhodes Island, Dodecanese The remains of the temple of Zeus and Athena Polias are at the highest point of the Philerimo hill. It is an amphiprostyle tetrastyle Doric temple of poros. The foundations for the cult statue are preserved at the north end of... View More
Ruins of the Baptistery of the Early Christian Basilica