Rhodes, Greece

Rhodes is one of those places that I suspect of jealously guarding some dangerously glorious secret. And some secret it must be to have been desired, conquered, adored, burnt, bombed and sieged so many times in its complicated history. It has changed hands between the ancient Greek civilisation (it was once home to one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Rhodes Colossus), the Romans, the Byzantines, the Knights Hospitallers, the Ottomans and even the Italians had a go at making it a colony. Her glory days recorded in history books, the town now rests in retirement as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

The sun-washed town has a door for every aspect of her personality.