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Sunset on ancient town square.

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Rhodes Town is really two distinct and very different towns. The Old Town lies within but utterly apart from the New Town, sealed like a medieval time capsule behind a double ring of high walls and a deep moat. Few cities can boast so many layers of architectural history, with ruins and relics of the Classical, Ottoman and Italian eras entangled in a mind-boggling maze of twisting lanes.

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Sealed tight like a time capsule behind high walls and a deep moat, the historic center of Rhodes Town is a magnificent place to explore.

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