Rhodes Day 4 - West Coast, Ebonas

Monday morning in Rhodes we had another excellent early breakfast and then set out in the rental car toward the west coast of the Island.  Our first stop was the ruins at Kamiros, one of the best preserved Classical Greek cities.  The ruins are quite extensive and provide an excellent view of the Aegean.  There were several tour groups here and each leader had their trademark umbrella.  A small child crossed over the ropes into an prohibited area and we heard a tour guide yelling at him from afar.

After touring the ruins, we dropped back down to the coast and went to the nearby beach across the road.  This beach wasn't nearly as good as the one from the previous day.  The water wasn't quite as warm and it wasn't nearly as sandy or clear/shallow.  It did, however, have free sunbeds, which we took advantage of to lay out in the sun for a bit to dry off and warm up.

Next up, we continued along the East coast of the Island making our way to Embonas, stopping first at Baki's Brothers for lunch.  Lunch here was ok, but not as good as expected (it was another recommendation from Patrick at the hotel).  After we finished lunch, we wandered back to car and found ourselves being led by a local dog.  The dog seemed to want to lead us wherever we wanted to go, and also made sure to scare off any cats along the way.

Here in town Misty and Laurel bought some locally made table runners before we headed to a honey, olive and wine tasting stand at the edge of town.  They had the most interesting drink made with homemade souma and pomegranate infused honey.  After the stand, we also headed for a tasting at Emery.

Our next stop was the honey producing village of Siana, though we didn't find much here worth stopping for besides the picturesque church in the center of town.  Instead we found honey, nuts, and some olives from a stand along the road from here to Monolithos.  The nuts were good but we found them all over Greece. The olives were not edible and in retrospect, we probably shouldn't have bought olives sold in a plastic water bottle, at least not without tasting them first.

Continuing on, we stopped in at the Castle of Monolithos, a short hike up from the parking lot.  From the top, there are nice views south from the island.  We also drove down to the nearby beach at Fourni to hang out for a bit.

From Fourni we drove all the way back to Rhodes City, dropped the car off at St. John's gate, and then had dinner at Romeo's, where we had eaten lunch day two.