Museums
Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes
can be split into outside, courtyard, outside wall, first floor and second floor. Open in season till 8PM, entry is â¬6, outside wall is an additional â¬2. First floor photos prohibited contains some artifacts of Ancient Rhodes - Archaeological Museum offers more selection and allows photos. Second floor has a variety of later artifacts, but it has almost no descriptions (probably to force people to wait for a tour guide. The Palace of the Grand Masters was demolished by a gunpowder explosion in 1856 and reconstructed by the Italians in 1940.
Rhodes Archaeological Museum
It has two floors, and most of the exhibits are on the second, past the big stairs. The museum operates a tour of the city walls Tuesdays and Saturdays at 8AM leaving from the Palace of the Grand Masters. Visitors are simply allowed up on the walls to walk along the top of them at their own pace. This walk offers views of the town not otherwise available and is the best way to get an idea of the size of the town and the variety of its architecture.It is not guided.