Lindos is a medieval village on the Greek island of Rhodes. Lindos provides a mix of history, beaches and the marina. It has only 700 inhabitants, who are outnumbered greatly by tourists. The village has many historic houses known as "Captains" houses, often dating from 16th, 17th or 18th century.
The village is made up of a network of cobbled streets - all of which is entirely pedestrianised. The only modes of transport allowed are donkeys, mopeds and bikes. The houses are like small whitewashed boxes and sit beautifully on the hillside making it the most beautiful place on the island. The charm of this village is maintained by a preservation order which forbids any unauthorised building work to change it.
PLACE TO VISIT
Visit the ruins of the Acropolis and the (still unfinished as of mid-2009) reconstructed temple of Lindian Athena. Entrance fee to the Acropolis itself is € 6, but you do have a nice view from there. It's open till 1840 from March to December (according to staff, don't trust the outdated tourist guides...). There is also the remains of an Ancient Amphitheatre carved into the slope of the Acropolis.
You can visit Kleoboulous's tomb, a small stone structure at the tip of the bay.
You can also see St Paul's Bay where the saint supposedly crashed on the island and brought Christianity with him.
And of course, the town itself is worth sightseeing, with its traditional old Greek architecture. Some houses, known as "Captain's Houses", are supposedly extra beautiful - if you can find them (and enter them). There are also old churches spread around, there is a tour going around them - otherwise most of them are closed (and hard to find).
The town has one of the few sand beaches on Rodos. This also mean they can be quite crowded, and unfortunately, there is trash (cigerette buts...) to be found. The bay also seem to have a rather high density of boats (mostly touristy stuff, including a glass bottom boat, but still...).
HOW TO REACH
Bus service from Rhodes city (56 km or 35 miles away). A ticket costs 4.50 euros one-way. Lindos can also be reached by boat from the Mandraki harbour in Rhodes. Good tour operators for Lindos include Kosmar, Direct Greece, Olympic Holidays and Libra - all of which have a wide range of apartments and villas for all different family groupings.
You can park outside the city. There are blue "non-free spaces" intermixed with free spaces beyond the large "supermarket" parking. To get to the city, once you are at the "supermarket" parking, go down and after a while you'll have to choices at the last parking plaza: enter the city through a small side street, or go down to the beach, walk to the other end and climb up to the city.
