Rhodes is known as the island of the Sun.  The capital city of Rhodes is like a valuable coin with two faces. One face is the old town, a fairy-tale place surrounded by medieval walls and traversed by the Street of the Knights of St. John. On either side of the road are the "Inns," the Hospital of the Knights, and the palace of the Grand Master. The other face of the coin is the modern city with its intense nightlife, broad streets, beautiful buildings, large hotels, and hundreds of shops where anything can be found.