Rebecca Ann Hughes covers travel, culture and food in Europe. The Acropolis is consistently inundated with tourists, with as many as 23,000 visitors clogging up ... [+] the complex on some days.

W ith more than 300 days of sunshine a year, Rhodes, fittingly, gives praise to Greek sun god Helios.Beyond the myriad beaches, there lies historical drawcards such as the ancient Acropolis of ...

Rhodes played a vital role in the Eastern Roman Empire and later under the Achaemenid Empire. Its total area of 1,400 square kilometers includes the beautiful island and smaller surrounding islands.