Overview Most tourists on Rhodes holiday in Lindos, 29 miles (47km) from
the island capital. Lindos was once the capital of the island but
today is basically a holiday resort centred on a small medieval
village, topped with a fortified ancient Acropolis. The village is
quaint, with its cobbled streets and white-stuccoed houses sloping
down to the sea.
The Acropolis is reached from Lindos through a series of steps,
which can be ascended on donkeys. From the outside, the Acropolis
does not betray its Hellenistic origins because the original
complex was surrounded by a strong fortification in the Middle Ages
by the Knights of St John, but inside are the Doric Stoa,
propylaean ruins, the sanctuary of Athena and the Byzantine church
of St John. The ruins of an ancient theatre have been discovered on
the slope below the Acropolis, also worth visiting while on holiday
in Lindos. Lindos has some of the few sand beaches on the island,
and the town has a number of restaurants, bars, and clubs, all
catering to the tourist crowd. Many celebrities have chosen to buy
or build holiday homes in the Lindos vicinity and frequent the
cafés and tavernas lining the beachfront.