Is Rhodes Expensive? What We Spent in Lindos

Rhodes is not a cheap Greek island destination. We spent five days and four nights in Lindos in August, ate out every lunch and dinner, enjoyed many freddo cappucinos and wine bars, and had one big day out to kitesurf and stopped by in Rhodes Town.

Lindos is a small protected village with a fixed number of tables and sun beds, and it has a very short season, so the pricing fluctuates based on the season. Whilst you can budget and cut costs in Rhodes, it’s not an inherently cheap destination to visit.

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Is Rhodes Expensive?

Yes, Rhodes is moderately expensive, but not outrageously so (for the most part). In Rhodes, prices are at the higher end for a Greek island, but cheaper than Mykonos or Santorini.

Lindos village, where we stayed, is the priciest part of Rhodes, but we loved it and wouldn’t have wanted to be based anywhere else.

What a 5-Day Trip to Rhodes Costs

We travelled with Jet2 on package deal that included return flights and airport transfers, and four nights at Caesar’s Gardens Hotel and Spa with breakfast. It retails at around £1,800 for two people in peak August. If you’re not going package, Caesar’s Gardens is around €400/night if booked directly based on August prices.

On top of the package, we spent €1,059 in Greece across five days, or about £908. That’s everything: every meal, every coffee, sun beds, taxis, scooter rental, museums and kitesurfing.

	For Two
Package (flights, hotel, transfers)	£1,800
Spending money	£908
Total	£2,708
Per person	£1,354

Kitesurfing was €370 of that, paid in one go for our three lessons. Take it out and the trip comes to £2,391 for two, or £1,195 each. Kitesurfing here is particularly expensive and not something most people would plan for their Rhodes trip.

In total, including flights and a nice accommodation, expect to budget £240 per person, per day.

Average Costs in Lindos

Item	Typical 2026 Price
Freddo cappuccino	€5–6
Frozen yoghurt	€5.60
Beer	€6
Glass of wine, restaurant or bar	€7–12
Carafe of local wine, minimart	€4
Bottled water, restaurant	€1–6
Lunch for two on the beach	€32
Dinner for two, one drink each	€51–72
Three-wine tasting	€21.50
Sunbeds for two, Lindos Beach	€25
Two loungers, St Paul’s Bay	€60
Cabana, St Paul’s Bay	€110
Parasol from a village shop	€13
Lindos Acropolis entry	€20pp
Palace of the Grand Master, Rhodes Town	€20pp
Archaeological Museum, Rhodes Town	€10pp
Taxi within Lindos	€7
Scooter hire, per day	€28
Kitesurfing, lesson for two	€120pp
Kitesurfing, solo lesson	€130
Caesar’s Gardens Hotel, per night (booked direct)	€400

Accommodation Costs in Lindos

Lindos is a protected settlement, which means no big hotels inside it and a very limited number of rooms. Limited supply plus a five-month season is why August rates are what they are.

We stayed at Caesar’s Gardens, a 16-room adults-only place tucked at the quiet back of the village with a pool, a spa and gardens full of olive trees and rosemary. Breakfast came included and was cooked to order, which quietly removed a meal a day from our spending. If yours doesn’t include breakfast, add €20–25 a day for two.

Rooms in the village itself are boutique and small. Our guide to Lindos explains how the village breaks down by area. The larger sea-view hotels sit on the bays either side, and Pefkos, four kilometres south, is the noticeably cheaper base if Lindos village rates make your eyes water.

Cost of Eating Out in Lindos

Our four dinners came to €72, €54, €62 and €51, each for two with a wine for me and a beer for Luke. I’d budget €60 per meal if you’re vegetarian, more if you eat meat and fish. If you like daily puddings, budget another €8-10 per head.

Lassu was our favourite restaurant in Rhodes and we thought the best value for money at €54 total. Tucked below the Acropolis steps, Lassu is a quieter spot with a beautiful terrace. The tables are well-spaced out, and it’s a romantic feel. Luke’s gardeners pasta main was €17 and my Greek salad €13.

Tambakio which sits on the water at St Paul’s Bay with no competition whatsoever came out at €51 total. Howevr, we were savvy with our ordering here, as some items on the menu were significantly higher than others.

Lunch on the sand at Lindos Beach at the Lindos Yacht Club was €32 for two, which we thought fair given you can swim from your table. Lunch in Rhodes town at Monk Coffee was a very reasonable 20 for two freddo cappuccinos and two roast veg and cheese baguettes.

Cost of Alcohol in Lindos

Wine by the glass runs €7 to €12 depending on where you sit. We left a wine bar calledSan Marco without ordering when we saw glasses opening at €12 and decided the ambience and lack of comfortable seating wasn’t worth it.

Kava Kantina, another wine bar in Lindos, does three wines for €21.50, with street-side seating and someone behind the counter who knows their wines inside out. Glasses started at €11, but we loved the vibe here and stayed.

A drinkable carafe of Rhodian wine from a village shop is €4. The same quantity poured for you in a bar is closer to €35. That gap is where most people’s spending money goes!

Check how water is priced before you order — one menu had 500ml at €1 and the litre at €5, and we were charged €6 elsewhere without knowing until the bill came. In the supermarket, water is much cheaper so avoid ordering at dinner and bring your own where possible.

Cost of Beaches and Sun Beds in Lindos

Sun beds get expensive in Rhodes, and they’re only sold by the day. €25 buys two sun beds for the day at Lindos Beach. At St Paul’s Bay, it’s €60 for two loungers or a shocking €110 for a cabana.

The smart alternative would be to buy a parasol in the village for €13 and use it for your whole holiday. It pays for itself by the first afternoon.

As for St Paul’s Bay, it’s beautiful but with very little space. Instead, we’d recommend coming for golden hour and sunset in the evening, a brief swim or simply just to enjoy the views and eat dinner at the restaurant in the bay.

Cost of Attractions and Activities in Rhodes

Lindos Acropolis was €20 each, which we felt was expensive on entry. After seeing the Acropolis during golden hour, the views, the history, we felt it was well-worth the entry fee.

In Rhodes Town, we paid €20 each for the Palace of the Grand Master and €10 each for the Archaeological Museum. Luke is keen on history so we were never going to skip the Palace, and I’m glad we didn’t, but it isn’t as breathtaking as the Acropolis. The Archaeological Museum was surprisingly good and housed in the Knights’ old hospital. Street of the Knights is free, and you can walk it in under ten minutes.

Kitesurfing was our biggest single expense. Two of us together came to €120 each for two hours, and a solo lesson for Luke afterwards was €130. Group lessons drop to roughly €75 a head, though with up to eight of you sharing, you get correspondingly less time holding a kite. We had lessons with Kite Praso. We also paid €28 to hire a scooter for the day to get there.

Rhodes is one of the pricier places in Europe to learn kitesurfing. In Tarifa, which is Europe’s kitesurfing capital, semi-private lessons run closer to €40 an hour compared to €60 an hour in Rhodes, and group sessions start around €25. Egypt is cheaper still.

We didn’t do a boat trip, but they’re very popular (and crowded). Boat trips are heavily advertised in the bay and easy to book on the day.

Cost of Getting Around Lindos

Short taxi hops inside Lindos are €7, and in high-30°C heat on cobbled hills we took several without regret. The village is pedestrianised, so you’re walking the last stretch into town still.

From the airport, a taxi to Lindos is roughly €80–85 in daylight hours. Doing it by bus means taking two buses: airport into Rhodes Town at €3, then the KTEL service to Lindos at €5.50. It saves money if there are just two of you, but costs you in time.

How To Visit Rhodes on a Budget

If budget is tight and your heart is set on Rhodes, here are our top tips to lower costs:

• Buy your wine from a village shop and drink a glass on the balcony before dinner.
• Buy a parasol once rather than hiring sunbeds daily.
• Use St Paul’s Bay for swimming and golden hour, and the far side under the cliff is free.
• Pick a hotel that includes breakfast — it removes a meal a day at village prices, and eat a big brekkie to save on lunch!
• Look at the water prices on the menu before you order anything.
• Travel in September rather than August.

Planning the rest of your Rhodes trip? See our full guide to Lindos and best things to do in Lindos.

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