Rhodes - New Town

The new town of Rhodes, with government offices and many hotels and restaurants, extends to the north of the old town, reaching almost to the sandy northernmost tip of the island. At Mandráki Harbor is the massive New Market (Néa Agorá), with a large inner courtyard. From here Freedom Avenue (Eleftherías) runs north, past the Law Courts and the Post Office, to the Evangelismós church (originally Roman Catholic, now Orthodox), a reproduction (1925) of the old monastic church of St John, which originally stood beside the Grand Master's Palace and was destroyed in the 1856 explosion.

Farther north are the Venetian-style Government Buildings (Nomarkhía), the Town Hall and the Theater. Beyond these is the charming Murat Reis Mosque, surrounded by the old Turkish cemetery, with the tombs of Muslim dignitaries who died in exile here.