Paralia Glistra
Sheltered gravel cove with shallow, clear water and a wind-still bay ideal for families.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Paralia Glistra, a sheltered cove on Rhodes, traces what happened here in July 2023, when wildfires swept the southeastern coast near Lindos and turned this tight, wind-still bay into an evacuation point. You'll hear how thousands fled toward this stretch of coastline, and what the cove looked like before that summer, thick with cedar and holly growing to the waterline. Beneath the surface, barnacles and sea fans still cling to rocks that have outlasted every visitor here.
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