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When you reach Kattavia, you feel as if you have truly escaped from the rest of Rhodes. This is no historical backwater, though, as there has been a settlement here form ancient time (remains from the Mycenean period have been found). The Italians left their inevitable mark in the shape of model farms amid the wheat fields of the area. Just before reaching the village you pass the derelict Italian-era farm of Agios Pavlos with it church tower San Paola.
 
The central crossroads in kattavia has several cafes and tavernas and in the Byzantine church of the Dormition of the Virgin there are fine 17th-century frescoes. The Church of St Paraskevi has a flamboyant and vividly coloured bell tower. |
