Rhodes, the economic and cultural centre of the northeastern Aegean, combines its dynamic presence with a rich historical past. The Old City is today one of the best-maintained medieval cities numbered by UNESCO among the monuments of the world's cultural heritage. Strolling along her cobbled streets, admiring the impressive buildings of the knights, the medieval walls, the moat, the ramparts, the Byzantine churches as well as the Islamic mosques, the squares, the gardens and courtyards of houses, the visitor is made to sense that time has stopped in a bygone age while, at the same time, he soon discovers that Rhodes is a living city full of surprises waiting to be explored.