The charming Greek island where worries are left at the door

There’s more to this island than bucket-and-spade breaks, writes Guy Venables (Picture: Guy Venables)

Metro’s cartoonist Guy Venables sketches a magical summer holiday in Rhodes, a Greek island of ancient ruins and immaculate beaches.

As the Airbus banked hard for its final approach, I kicked myself that I hadn’t got my camera to hand.

Below us, in the final moments of pink sunlight, lay the huge wrinkled island of Rhodes, its ochre peaks draped with long gullies like a row of underfed lions cooling off in an azure sea.

As we exited the airport, we were hit by th...