It will be our pleasure to welcome you to Rhodes!
Discover Rhodes through our private tours and shore excursions and maximize your stay on the island. Let us drive you through the beauty of this magnificent island and share its history with you. All our tours are private and flexible and can be adjusted to the needs of any group. We can optimize your day so that you can see as many monuments as possible at your own pace.
Browse our Rhodes private tours and shore excursions and feel free to send us your comments and special requests. Our travel specialists can custom tailor our tours to match your interests or even create a totally new program just for you.
Discover the island of Rhodes at YOUR OWN PACE and see all the places you want in the comfort of our luxury vehicles!
Once in a lifetime experiences or just wanting to personalize your shore activities and to maximize your valuable time ashore. Our team at Rhodes Taxi Tours is ready to come up with recommendations, suggestions together with itineraries suited to your needs and requirements.
You should only provide us with some information in order that we can identify the days you will be visiting the island, some extra activities you would like to include(time on the beach and/or lunch in a traditional tavern), specific bespoke requests as well as any other helpful tips such as if any members of the party have walking or mobility difficulties, special sites requirements(more interested in nature and/or ruins), etc.
A member of our company will get in touch and give you a suggestion for your Rhodes Custom Tours – Custom Tailored following your preferences. Please keep in mind that we are very flexible to any change that you might want even during the tour itself.
We look forward to hearing from you, and thank you in advance for contacting us.
Depending on your demands starting from 5 hours
We will take into consideration the time you want to spend and we will calculate the hours needed based on the monuments that you want to visit and the distances between them.
All Year Round
We can start at any time which is convenient for your group
Your driver will meet you at the reception desk of your hotel or if you are coming on a cruise – at the pier, at the correct dock, with a sign on the car showing your name. We are licensed to get into the dockside and the car will be waiting for you just outside your ship.
The Old Town in Rhodes is the biggest inhabited medieval town in Europe. It was built in the 1300s from the knights of the order of St. John. The Medieval Town of Rhodes is inscribed in the World Heritage Sites List of UNESCO. This list recognizes the exceptional value of a cultural site so that it may be protected for the benefit of all Humanity.
Mandraki port is situated in the new part of the town where you will see some very impressive monumental buildings built by the Italians. Here at the harbor entrance is believed that once stood the great statue of the Colossus of Rhodes – one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World. Here you will be able also to enter and see the Church of the Annunciation which is the biggest Orthodox church in the town with very beautiful handmade paintings on the walls and spectacular chandeliers.
The Colossus of Rhodes was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the most ambitious and tallest statue( between 30 to 33 meters high) of the Hellenistic period. The statue was a depiction of the Greek Titan Helios and was meant to celebrate the victory over the Dimitrios the Besieger (ruler of Cyprus) in 305 BC. Bearing a striking resemblance to the Statue of Liberty in the United States, the Colossus of Rhodes stood for no more than 56 years when a strong earthquake destroyed it. In the seventh century A.D., the Arabs conquered Rhodes and broke the remains of the Colossus up into smaller pieces and sold it as scrap metal. Legend says it took 900 camels to carry away the pieces. A sad end for what must have been a majestic work of art.
Driving through the New town of Rhodes you will see many great buildings with Italian architecture. We will pass also through the Northern tip of the island where the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas meet each other. Then we will drive to Monthe Smith Hill where you can enjoy exceptional panoramic views of the city and the seashore, and also visit the ruins of the Temple of Apollo, the impressive open-air ancient Stadium and the Amphitheatre.
Filerimos Hill was used as the citadel of the ancient town of Ialyssos. The hill includes the foundations of the temple of Athena Polias, an Early Christian basilica, and a small subterranean Byzantine church. There is a road that sets off from the square that leads to the westernmost point of the hill. The road to Golgotha used by Catholics was dotted with holy icon-stands and bronze reliefs. At the end of the road of Martyrdom stands an 18 meters tall cross raised by the Italians in 1930.
For the Summer period between the end of June and mid-September, we recommend the beautiful Valley of Butterflies. The valley is a natural reserve, unique of its kind. You can enjoy a peaceful walk and admire the nature and the butterflies.
Little before we reach the beautiful village there is a stop at a place for a gorgeous panoramic view of the village together with its Acropolis on the top. A stop at the picturesque St. Paul’s Bay is also a MUST. It is claimed that St Paul landed here in the year 51 AD to preach Christianity to the Rhodians. There is a small church built thereafter his name.
The Acropolis in Lindos is the second most popular Acropolis in Greece after the Parthenon in Athens.
Ancient Kamiros, which was one of the first three cities build on the island (together with Lindos and Ialysos). With the foundation of the City of Rhodes in 408 BC, Kamiros started to decline. Nowadays it is a very important archaeological site, as the ancient village is preserved in excellent condition. Important findings from the area are part of the collections of the British Museum and the Louvre.
We highly recommend a relaxing stop at an outstanding traditional Greek tavern to enjoy a fabulous lunch and local wines
Upon request, during your tour, you can also have a stop at a pottery factory. You will be able to see how beautiful ceramics are made. Rhodes has a long history of pottery going back many centuries at least to the time of the ancient cities. Replicas of designs produced in those times are still been manufactured today together with new modern designs in a younger generation.
Excellency in Service
First time in Rhodes Island, needed someone to trust for our tours. We were absolutely lucky to have Nikos as a driver, that felt more like a friend. Friendly and Professional, -that is rare for Greek drivers-, Nikos fulfilled our expectations to see the island as a Local. What I personally most enjoyed, is that he literally knows everyone almost everywhere, so we were looked after best as possible everywhere we stopped over. Highly recommended for Custom Tailored Private tours in Rhodes. we are looking forward for another trip to Rhodes, and let Nikos to guide us in new for us places. Thank you Nikos
