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olymbia is a completely new tourist territory in the island of Rhodes, and it is in a continuous development. Colymbia is located on the base of the steep mountain "Tsambica", which top is crowned by a white monastery. It belongs to Afandou City and it is located exactly in the middle of the 50km long highway "Rhodes-Lindos". |
 hirty hotels and inns offer a capacity of about 4.000 beds. The tourist development of the area, which was before composed by some scattered villas and two fish taverns, began in 1988. Since then the area went on with a rapid development, so that today everyone can talk about a completely new success. The increasing demand, coming from the biggest European Tour Operators, traces out an optimistic picture for the future. A big number of restaurants, cafes, tourist shops and discotheques contribute so that the visitor will never feel bored. Colymbia has a fresh and simultaneously dry climate (it does not always happen in Rhodes) a lot of vegetation and crystal-clear fresh spring's water- which is being driven to the sea through an open ditch- along the shadowy Eucalyptus Street. The area during the Italian colonization was inhabited by farmers who were planting vegetables and fruits. One can still observe some Italian houses with columns.
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| he most of the hotels of A, B, C category are very well equipped and offer according the category the services that satisfy even the most demanding customers. Generally, we can say that the hotels- which height does not outrun the limit of three floors, match harmonically with the nature. There are two small physical
harbours, where there are two fish taverns in which one can eat the tasty mullets and sometimes-fresh lobsters. The sandy beaches represent a mixture of sand and slippery pebbles.
We can find a lot of sea sports at the beaches. Buses and other kind of transportation connect Colymbia with the Rhodes City and Lindos along with many other areas of the Island. |
 t is easy to join the organised excursions to Seven Springs to Prophet Hellas - with the magnificent view -to the monastery of Tsambica, to Lindos, to the city of Rhodes and also to the famous valley of Butterflies. Colymbia is proper for walking or ride by bicycle and also for fishing.Another special theme which is worth to be mentioned about is the 18 holes Golf course of Afandou City which one can reach it within 2 kilometers of driving. Not very far from the area are located the two cities of Afandou and Arhangelos where the visitors can find original traditional country life and taverns. Also some local fabrics which are still creating handmade ceramics and colourful carpets. |
 he visitors of Colymbia come mostly from Germany, England, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland. Many Greeks from the mainland visit the area when they seek to run away for the city stress. Subject of reference is the situation that is not comprehensible to the Mediterranean countries. The effort against the noises, especially at the hours of night is achieved here with a big success.
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riefly we can say that the tourist construction of Colymbia was made by the businessmen with a big understanding about the environment and the nature. With the corporation between the hotel managers and the Tour Operators, one can surely evaluate that the ratio of value for money is more than fair. The final conclusion is that the successful development of Colymbia is going to continue in the future.| Photos and text taken from "Rhodes - the brilliant island of the sun" (Toubis Editions) |
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