Ialysós
Ialysos is a town and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece.
Ialysos is a town and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 16.7 km2. It is the second-largest town on the island of Rhodes, having a population of approximately 13,000. Ialysos is located eight kilometres west of the town of Rhodes, the island's capital, on the island's northwestern coast.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Ialysos is one of the most important archaeological sites on the island. Located on the hill of Filerimos, this site would probably be the most important reason for visiting this area. The remains of the temple of Zeus and Athena Poliada and the remnants of the Byzantine fortifications can be seen.
From Wikivoyage: Ialysós, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
Water sports, shopping and visiting the restaurants seem to be popular activities with visitors to this part of the island. The beach can get rather windy with large waves. Windsurfing Ixia is suitable for wind surfing and sailing.
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Getting to Ialysós
- Airports
- Rhodes "Diagoras" (RHO), 6 km · Dalaman (DLM), 66 km · Milas Bodrum (BJV), 102 km
- Stations
- Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras", 5.9 km · Rhodes Maritsa Airport, 4.6 km
- Kos Island → IalysósTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Santorini Island → IalysósTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Heraklion → Ialysós297 km · quickest by air, 3h 39m · €80–120
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Ialysós
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ialysós. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIt takes 15 min from Rhodes Ferry terminal to Faliraki center, the price is around €20.
From Wikivoyage: Faliraki, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-05.
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