Paradisi, Rhodes
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Paradisi (Greek: Παραδείσι) is a village on the northern coast of the island of Rhodes, Greece. It has a population of 2,667 inhabitants (2011 census) and is the second-largest town (after Kremasti) in the municipal unit of Petaloudes. The island's main airport (Diagoras International Airport, IATA code: RHO) is located here. During the period of the Saint John Knights occupation of the island, the magister Villeneuve made a castle in order to protect the northeastern part of the island from pirate raids. People started building around the castle. Later, Arab inhabitants brought exotic flowers and planted them along the village mountain making it look as paradise, hence the name Paradisi. After the Italian occupation, they renamed the village to Villanova only to be changed again to Paradisi after it was reclaimed by Greece. Strawberry festival is celebrated every year, the first Sunday of May, including strawberry fruit and products from producers of Paradisi, Music and events. The feast of Saint Marina is celebrated on the 17th of July every year.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradisi,_Greece
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Coordinates: 36°24'0"N 28°4'50"E
- Kremasti 3.6 km
- Pefkos (or Pefki) 36 km
- Gennadi 44 km
- Livadi 158 km
- Xerokambos 225 km
- Emporio 237 km
- Ferma 254 km
- Koutsounari 256 km
- Hersonissos 271 km
- Hersonissos 274 km
- Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" 0.8 km
- Rhodes Air Base 3.1 km
- 211 Motor infantry battalion 6.4 km
- Butterfly Valley (Petaloudes) 7.5 km
- Bozuk Bükü 20 km
- Kızıl Ada 22 km
- Sesklio 24 km
- Rhodes 27 km
- Symi 31 km
- Muğla Province 69 km