According to Homer, Lindos was built in the 12th Century BC and sent nine ships to the Trojan War. Lindos was a premiere naval power of its day. The whole setting is magnificent. The Acropolis of Lindos has an indescribable air of impregnability about it. We took the public bus for the 25 mile trip south from Rhodes Town. The length of the bus trip varies greatly depending on the number of stops and number of people, but plan for a minimum of one hour each way.

The Acropolis has a nice dramatic setting. To get to the Acropolis you need to follow the signs through town to a path lined with old ladies selling their lace tablecloths that takes you up the hill to the gate. From the bottom it looks like it would be quite a long hike but that is deceptive and before you know it you'll be at the gate. There are donkey owners who will try to take advantage of this illusion but most people shouldn't need to ride a donkey. Besides, the most tricky walking is after you buy your tickets and get through the gate where the donkeys can't go! Inside the gate you need to walk uphill on slippery rocks polished by centuries of walkers. Hopefully, you will not need to dodge a mother cat carrying her kittens to the top as we did!

You can imagine how impressive it must have been when it was intact and the view from up there is tremendous. In the Acropolis you will find a Knights Castle, the remains of a Roman temple, and the Temple of Lindian Athena among other things. You'll find many pediments for statues and a large number of inscriptions. The inscriptions are actually dedications to the goddess Athena that were traditionally left by rich visitors during the Hellenistic period. The Hellenistic ruins date from the 4th Century BC and were built on the site of an even older temple. There are informative signs around the site that help you picture what it was like and it must have been magnificent.

A word of advice: you should check in advance as to when the site is open, we had conflicting information when planning our trip and verified the hours of operation once we got to Rhodes and had a chance to speak to a travel agent.

The streets of Lindos are full of cobbles and steps and very narrow so they get very hot and humid. Buses run to Lindos from Rhodes Town (47km away) and also to Pefkos and Lardos, alternatively you could travel by boat. Lindos does have a small but in the summer very crowded beach, it's probably very nice when the crowds have gone but we didn't wait around to find out.