Profitis Ilias, Mountain summit in Rhodes, Greece.

Profitis Ilias is a 798-metre limestone mountain in the west-central interior of Rhodes, about 2 km southwest of the village of Salakos. Its summit area is a military zone, so walkers stop at a secondary peak around 750 m. The slopes carry forests of Pinus brutia and Cupressus sempervirens, with the endemic Ophrys fuciflora ssp. oreas orchid found only here.

The Italian colonists built the Albergo del Cervo (Deer Hotel) in 1929, adding a restaurant, veranda, tennis court and dance floor in 1930. A second floor replaced the veranda, and in 1932 a wing called Elaphina was added. General Cesare Maria De Vecchi, governor from 1936 to 1940, had his summer residence opposite the hotel.

The mountain is named for the biblical prophet Elijah, and the Byzantine monastery of Prophetes Elias stands near the summit, 8 km from Eleousa. The Italian colonists built the Elaphos hotel in 1929, naming it after the deer Dama dama platoni that live in the surrounding woods.

The summit area is a military restricted zone, so walkers cannot reach the very top; ascents are possible up to about 750 m on a secondary peak with wide views. From there, clear days reveal parts of the Dodecanese and the Turkish southwest coast. A track below the road leads toward Salakos to the chapel of Agios Antonios.

The hotel complex below the summit was built by Italian colonists in 1929 as Albergo del Cervo, named after the fallow deer Dama dama platoni living in the surrounding woods. A restaurant, veranda, tennis court and dance floor followed in 1930, and the Elaphina wing was added in 1932.