Elli Beach
Seafront town beach with a tiered nineteen-thirties diving platform, once a local rite of passage.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Elli Beach in Rhodes centers on the Trampolino, a tiered concrete diving tower built during the Italian occupation between 1936 and 1938 as part of the seafront La Ronda bathing complex. You'll hear how it became an unofficial rite of passage for generations of local teenagers, from nervous first jumps to showing off from the top tier. It closes on what the harbor master decided to do with it this past July.
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