Rhodes Private Walking Tour: Medieval Old Town with Guide

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Duration2h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

The Street of the Knights still has seven inns, one for each country the medieval order came from.

A private walking tour of Rhodes medieval old town with a local guide in English covers the Byzantine and medieval landmarks that shaped the city over centuries. The guide stays with your group only, and the route takes two hours through the walled city's cobblestoned streets, including the Street of the Knights, Ippokratous Square, and the Eleftherias Gate. Strollers and service animals are welcome; the tour suits all fitness levels.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore medieval Rhodes city highlights

Visit Ippokratous Square and fountain
See the Marine Gate entrance
Walk through Eleftherias Gate
Explore Byzantine-style cathedral
Stroll along the Street of the Knights

The Experience

What makes the medieval town of Rhodes worth a guided walk instead of wandering it alone? The answer is the layers — Minoan, Mycenaean, Archaic, Byzantine, and medieval — stacked into a few blocks of stone. A local guide who knows which doorway leads to a 14th-century fountain, which gate was built to copy a French fortress, and why seven inns line a single street makes the difference between walking past these things and understanding what you are standing in front of. The guide stays with your group only, so the pace is yours and the attention is on what you want to know.

The walk starts at Ippokratous Square, where an ornate fountain is the last trace of a Knights Hospitaller construction from the 14th century. From there, the route moves through the Marine Gate — built in 1478 to mirror a gate in southern France — and into the heart of the old town. The Street of the Knights is the centerpiece: a cobblestoned street so well preserved it is one of the best in Europe, lined with seven inns that each represent a different country from which the Knights came — England, Germany, Italy, France, Aragon, Provence, and Auvergne. Walking it, you see the Palace of the Grand Master at one end and the Hospital of the Knights at the other, the whole street a map of medieval order and power.

The Eleftherias Gate connects the medieval town to Mandraki Harbor and was built after World War II by the Italians, who saw themselves as liberators. A Byzantine church built in the 11th century stands nearby, a structure that served as an Orthodox cathedral, then a Latin one under the Franks, then a mosque under Ottoman rule — the building itself is a record of the empires that passed through. The two-hour walk holds all of this without rushing, and infants can come in a stroller if needed.

What’s included

A local English-speaking guide who stays with your group only.
access to the medieval walled city and all landmarks on the route including Ippokratous Square, the Marine Gate, the Eleftherias Gate, the Byzantine church, and the Street of the Knights.
two hours of walking through the old town.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Global Guide Services

Is this one for you?Book this private tour if you want the guide's full attention and the time to ask questions about what you are seeing — the cobblestones, the inns, the gates, and the empires that built them. A shared group tour moves faster and costs less; this one keeps the pace yours and the guide focused on your group only.