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Stegna
This is basically the Archangelos town beach. STEGNA or STENGENA is 2km from the village (and 33km from Rodos) down a steep and winding road to a beautiful coastline of sandy bays and rocky outcrops. The beach itself is quiet until the boat trippers arrive just before noon. Around 100 are disgorged daily for 3-4 hours. The beach is mainly sand with odd patches of shingle here and there. Clusters of rock add interest and there are plenty of small coves and rock pools to explore. There are beachfront tavernas and local bars and a tiny harbour at the end of the bay. Small and isolated, the village has few facilities. Only one hotel changes cash and the nearest bank cash point is in Archangelos. Only one bus a day and no local taxis make it feel even more isolated. Four mini markets offer the basics. German package tour companies favour this area too and a large hotel to the north of the beach caters for them.
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If you think the sprawling village of ARCHANGELOS looks as though it has seen better times you would be just about right. Home to a dwindling leather crafts industry it now has a shabby look and, strangely, appears to have been swallowed up by the German package holiday industry. This is still the largest town on the island outside Rhodes, with about 6,000 living here. Archangelos lies on a low plain surrounded by the mountains Profitis Elias, Karavos and the hills of Kefaloti, Kastro and Anagros. The first houses at the foot of the Kastro date to 1023. The village centre is dominated by the Church of the Archangel Michael. Around it are whitewashed lanes, traditional houses with arched passageways painted in bright colours. Tavernas and bars line the single main street and the village has a 15th century Crusader castle, though little remains except the outer walls. Nearby are MALONA and MASSARI, two farming villages in the valley of Nethona River set amongst citrus groves.
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