10+ Best Things to Do in Lindos, Rhodes

Lindos is the prettiest town on Rhodes, and we can say that with some confidence: we visited in August 2026 and drove from the northern tip of the island all the way down to the southernmost point.

Lindos is the archetypal whitewashed Greek town. Terracotta rooftops, cobbled lanes, the occasional church tower breaking the skyline, and a once-mighty acropolis standing on the summit between the town and the sea, with a beach on either side of it.

Whilst idyllic, it was also busier, hotter and more expensive than we expected, but none of those were deal breakers and we left in love with Lindos. This guide covers the best things to do in Lindos and the timings that make the difference between a lovely day and a sweaty one.

For planning the trip itself — when to go, how the town is laid out and how long to stay — we have a full guide to Lindos soon to be published.

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Lindos at a Glance

Best For	Couples, families with young children
Time Needed	Three days to cover the town properly, four if you want a day trip south
Best Time to Visit	September, after the school holidays. Still warm, far fewer people, lower prices
Getting There	Just over an hour by road from Rhodes Airport and Rhodes Town
Getting Around	The old town is pedestrianised and walkable. Taxis for short hops, scooter or hire car for the rest of the island
Typical Costs (August 2026)	Dinner for two with a drink each: €50 to €60 Glass of wine: €7 to €12 Acropolis entry: €20 per person Sunbed and parasol for two: €25 a day at Lindos Beach
Our Verdict	Beautiful, friendly, a sunny pool holiday destination

Best Things To Do in Lindos

1. Lindos Acropolis (Go at Golden Hour)

The Acropolis is the reason most people come, aside from sunny days relaxing by the pool of course. An acropolis is a fortified temple settlement above a city, and this one looks straight down over the white rooftops of Lindos on one side and the sea on the other.

Entry is €20 per person without concessions, which we thought was steep on the way in. We did not think that on the way out. There are temple ruins, a good chunk of surviving wall, rebuilt columns, original steps, and a lot of pedestals where statues once stood. Plenty of information boards too, if you are the kind of person who reads them.

The site has been occupied more or less continuously since roughly 900 BC, when it held a temple to Athena Lindia, from whom Lindos takes part of its story. The Byzantines, the Ottomans and the Knights of St John all had it after that.

Timing: Official closing is 7:50PM. We arrived around 6:45PM, which gave us a comfortable hour inside, a noticeably cooler temperature for the trek up, and golden hour light over the town. Give yourself an hour and 15 minutes before closing as a minimum.

Getting There: Taxis have a dedicated drop-off point outside Lindos because the town is pedestrianised, so you still walk through Lindos and up the steps. It took us under 15 minutes and it is not strenuous, though it would be a different story in the middle of the day. The views from the steps are lovely on their own.

2. Lindos Beach

Lindos Beach sits below the town on the north side of the Acropolis. It is a small, properly sandy bay, lined more or less shoulder to shoulder with parasols and sunbeds.

A parasol and two sunbeds costs €25 for the day. There is no hourly rate, which is worth knowing, because unless you are settling in for the whole day it makes more sense to do what we did: take a table at one of the cafes with its feet in the sand, order lunch and a drink, and swim from there. We sat at the Lindos Yacht Club Cafe (nautical name, not an actual yacht club) at a table right by the water, which meant we could see our things the entire time we were swimming.

The entry is sandy, shallow and gentle, which makes it excellent for young children and explains the number of families. If you want deeper water for a proper swim, walk round the corner to the rocky outcrops. Fewer people go there precisely because it is rocky, which is the appeal: shade behind a rock, a book, and deep water to swim in.

Be aware: day-trip boats arrive from Rhodes Town at around 11am and stay roughly an hour. It gets very busy. Mornings before 10am are calmer.

3. St Paul’s Bay (The Best View in Lindos)

This was the best viewpoint of the whole trip – Charlie argues better even than the Acropolis. You look down on an almost enclosed sandy bay, with the cliffs of the Acropolis towering over them and a little white chapel at the edge.

St Paul’s Bay has two halves, split by a rocky outcrop. The built-up side has one restaurant on the water, Tambakio, and the most expensive sun beds we saw anywhere: €110 for a cabana or €60 for two sun beds for the day, again with no hourly option. There is not much free sand beyond that, so if you are coming by day, come knowing it is a swimming stop rather than a lounging one, unless you are happy to pay through the nose.

The far side, directly beneath the Acropolis, has no sun beds, no facilities and a single shower balanced on the rocks. It is a lovely swimming spot and clearly the budget option.

Our Recommendation: Come at golden hour instead. We arrived around 6:45PM and it was beautiful. It is a short walk from Lindos centre, on the amphitheater side.

4. Snorkelling and Swimming off the Rocks

The water around both bays is clear and full of life. Sitting on the dock at St Paul’s in the evening we watched a lionfish come right up to the surface and show off every fin, plus something that I think was a “sea hare.”

The rocky sections at the edge of both beaches are better for snorkelling, and they are quieter because they lack the sandy entrance. You can buy snorkelling equipment in town without too much difficulty if you forgot to bring your own, sea shoes could be useful for entering the water from the rocks.

5. Dinner on a Rooftop Terrace

Rooftop dining is the single most Lindos thing you can do. You sit above the town, the lamps come on, and you can see everyone else dining on all the other whitewashed rooftops around you. It is lovely and deeply romantic.

Lassu was the best meal we ate in Lindos. You climb steps to a small roof terrace with ornate black railings and about 10 to 12 tables, and because it sits just below the steps down from the Acropolis it is on the hillside, so the views are better than most. We had tagliatelle with tomato sauce and Mediterranean vegetables, a Greek salad and Greek dumplings, with a glass of wine each: €54 for two. It is slightly off the main drag, so it feels less crowded, and the tables are not crammed together.

Timmy’s Place is another rooftop, closer to the centre, a little less fancy for similar money. Good vegetarian options, friendly staff, mains between €17 and €21.50. Tables are closer together and it is nearer the busy streets, so it is reliable rather than romantic. Four out of five stars.

Do you need to book? I’d recommend booking if you have a specific restaurant in mind and would like a good view guaranteed. There are 30 to 40 restaurants in Lindos, far more than we expected, so you will always eat. What reservations buy you is a specific table, particularly the ones with unobstructed views of the Acropolis on one side and the town on the other.

6. Wine Tasting

Lindos has proper specialist wine bars, and they are a good evening in their own right. Our favourite was a small cantina, Kava Kantina, in the town with street-side seating, very relaxed, and staff who genuinely knew the list.

Three options there: a glass from around €11, a casual flight of three wines you choose yourself for €21.50, or a full booked tasting of seven wines over an hour and a half for €54 per person. Free tapas, peanuts and crisps arrived with the flight. The standout was a natural wild-ferment white called the Gaia Wild Ferment from northern Greece, quite dark and faintly pink. The rosé and the orange wine were both good too.

Wine Prices: €11 to €12 a glass in the wine bars, €7 at Lassu, €9 at our five-star hotel, and €4 for a very drinkable carafe of local wine from a shop (actually our second favourite wine of the trip!)

7. Wander the Old Town and Get a Freddo Cappuccino at Ginger

Freddo cappuccino is on trend at the time of writing, and we didn’t find a better one in Lindos than the one served at Ginger. Ginger is the last cafe on the hillside before you reach the ones on the sand, and worth a stop before you hit the beach. The veranda seats with the sea view are reserved for people ordering food, so we took ours away. Around €10 for two posh coffees.

If you’re taking away, be sure to admire the scenery: whitewashed walls, cobbles, pink splashes of rhododendrons and welcome patches of shade. It also gets touristy fast. The main walking route through town is lined with trinket shops, cafes, ice cream places and restaurants, and the cobbles get slippery on the downhill sections.

8. Rent a Scooter and Explore

We rented an 80cc scooter from City Club in Lindos for €28 a day. No motorcycle licence needed, a UK driving licence was fine, the paperwork was quick and the staff were friendly. They also do cars, quad bikes and Vespas. It sits right on the main road, so you are away easily.

Driving on Rhodes was very easy: it’s very difficult to get lost, the other drivers are considerate. That being said, you should have motorcycle experience if you plan to rent. Ahead of us, a herd of deer burst into the road, which could’ve been dangerous had they been closer!

Two things we would do differently. First, allow time for collection: it took us 20 to 25 minutes because it was busy, which mattered because we had something booked. Second, know what 80cc means. Ours capped out at 45km/h, which is not fast enough for a longer trip, but perfect for reaching beaches not too far from Lindos, like Plakia Beach to the south.

9. Kitesurfing at Prasonisi

Prasonisi, at the very southern tip of Rhodes, is a world-class wind sports spot. The beach is a triangle of sand pointing out to sea, which funnels the wind: windsurfing and wing foiling on one side, kitesurfing on the other. You come over a hill, the whole bay opens up below you, and suddenly there are kites everywhere.

We booked with Kite Praso and did an hour and a half as a pair to start, learning to get the kite up and move it around, then Luke did a solo session in the afternoon with an instructor called Greg and got standing, briefly.

Pricing scales with group size. Private and two-person lessons ran to roughly €120 to €130 for the longer sessions, while group lessons worked out closer to €75 per person in a group of up to eight. The trade-off with a group is time: setting up the kite and getting yourself attached takes a while, so across a two-hour group session you would not get many minutes on the kite. Fine if you want to find out whether you like it, less good if you want to progress. Realistically it takes around 12 hours of lessons to get going.

Lindos to Prasonisi Drive: Google Maps said 50 minutes from Lindos, but it took us an hour and a half on the scooter. If you want to do lots of watersports, you should stay much closer and not in Lindos at all, however, it’s just about doable as a long day trip if you take a car.

Food at Prasonisi: Keep expectations middling. Greek salad, chips, gyros, coffee. We ate at Oasis and it was pretty good. It is not really a town, more a cluster of surf shops and a couple of places to stay, and you would only stay there if you were on the water every day.

10. Take a Look at the Amphitheatre

Two minutes, tops. It is a pretty ruin and it is right there, so have a look, but do not build an evening around it. Probably better at night, when it’s lit up.

Things We Did Not Get Round To

Three things we would look at with more time:

• Boat and Submarine trips —They run from the bay and are heavily advertised in town.
• The Church Museum — Lindos’ main church sits in the middle of the old town and we walked past it more than once without going in further than the courtyard, which is pretty in itself.
• A Spa Treatment — Several of the hotels have spas, including Caesar’s Gardens Hotel and Spa where we stayed.