The village is located next to a natural spring named Nymph, which is a mythological deity that protected the spring.
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Salakos (Greek: Σάλακος) is a village of 350 people on the west side of the of Rhodes Island.
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There is one tourist hotel in the village (ironically also named Nymph), and several restaurants that cater to passing foreign tourist trade and in the summer months many people work in tourist hotels elsewhere.