Lindos View

... back to Lindos where we dropped anchor at 11:15 AM in our old spot.   We spend the next few days enjoying Lindos and its immediate surrounds, with early morning walks, visit to the various local café’s and eateries and lots of swimming in the ...

... Rhodes. The city is a Santorini-white cubist construction in a valley that a dramatic cliff grows out of and is crowned with Lindos' acropolis. One of my favorite signs pointed to a beach one way, and to the acropolis the other way. The acropolis ...

We rented a car and drove to Lindos today.  Just as Athens has an Acropolis at the top of a mountain that was the seat of government and religion, so too does Lindos here on the island of Rhodes.  It is quite a structure with a commanding view ...

The Acropolis at Lindos. Lots of steps up, but worth the view. Another temple for Athena. Also looked down on the cove St Paul hid ...

... had a nice swim anyway. As usual the afternoon water was rough because of the wind. I was definitely glad to have visited Lindos since it was very impressive between the ruins, pretty town and nice beach. It is very small though and has limited lodging ...

...  time showing Philip and Sharron some of our favorite sites during the week of June 26th to July 4th. After a day in Lindos during which they visited the Acropolis we motored to Rhodes with winds up to 45 knots, our highest yet recorded (ever!). ...

... of the Greek temple ruins and the fortress was very imposing to anyone approaching from any direction but especially the sea.  From Lindos we headed back to Rhodes City and were dropped off so we could walk through the Old City back to our ...

... coast of Rhodes.  Lindos was the ancient capital of the island before Rhodes was founded.  The drive up to Lindos was remarkably beautiful.  As we rounded curves, breathtaking vistas of the Agean Sea would appear.  The water was the ...

... lane you don't want.  But we somehow navigated out of town with only one missed turn and followed the signs to Lindos. While the Brits outnumber the locals along the southern Mediterranean coastline of Spain, here you don't get that feeling passing ...

In the morning we took a ship sponsored tour to Lindos, a small village about 45 minutes south of Rhodes. The main purpose of visiting Lindos is to climb up to the acropolis.  Supposedly 300 steps up from the village, it's a steep climb.  The ...

... , but we're getting a much better feel of what life in Rhodes in actually like.  Yesterday we took a bus to Lindos, a town about halfway down the island on the southern coast Rhodes. At first we were extremely disappointed because basically everything ...

... second building in Lindos offered a roof top restaurant. We figured without the offer of a roof top, restaurants wouldn't do well in Lindos.  Our dinner was delicious, we shared a bottle of wine that was by far the sweetest wine i have ever consumed. It ...

... ; We met a cab driver at the dock and hired him for the day.  Prices here are much better than we have seen.  Lindos was a small town about 30 minutes away by car.  We past groves of 1000 year old olive trees and beautiful ...