Rhodes · West Rhodes Interior · Greece

Castle of Monolithos

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moderate

9/10

best: morning, spring

adventurous, dramatic, historical

A local would say...

You enter through a hole in the wall at 240 metres — a medieval password no one told the castle about.

A spectacularly sited 15th-century castle perched on a sheer 240m-high rock, reached via a dirt track from the village of Monolithos. To enter the ruins, visitors climb through a hole in the wall. The views from the top across the Aegean are extraordinary. A tiny church of Agios Panteleimonas stands preserved within the walls.