Láerma (stressed on the first syllable /a/), or Laérma (stressed on /e/) as you may often hear it, is a farming village in the centre of the island, surrounded by mountains and a greenery landscape. It is one of the most remote villages of Rhodes and very few tourists reach up here. The word “Ladarma”, where the name of the village derives from, is pre-Hellenic and means “the people of Hermes”. Info Four km outside the village the Tharri (Courage) monastery (or monastery of Archaggelos Michail o Tharrinos – Archangel Michael the Courage Giver) is located.