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Published: June 17th 2023
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A Bus Goes Frequently from Rhodes to Lindos
a church and an ad seen in the village of Lindos Lindos – May 21, 2023
We had heard that the harbor at Lindos was an excellent stop along the coast of the island of Rhodes so one of our many plans was to stop there for a night and explore the Acropolis of Lindos. As always, plans must remain fluid and with our purchase of a new dinghy and waiting for the delivery of it until Monday, we found that there was a bus that we could take to Lindos. This now gave us the flexibility of being able to sail past Lindos and get further down the island when we leave the Rhodes marina. With this in mind we had a new plan. When we checked the bus schedule, we found that there was a bus that would leave Rhodes at 6:45AM and get us there in time for the 8AM opening of the Acropolis. We are glad that we did as we found that when we were ready to leave the Acropolis numerous guided tour groups were arriving making it hard to even get around. We were definitely glad that there was an early bus for us to take advantage of being on the site with
very few people – it definitely gives you a better chance to take in the spectacular views and absorb the history of the place over the centuries.
The Acropolis was built on top of a very high hill overlooking the harbor which meant for us quite a long and meandering walk upward with a wonderfully steep staircase at the end before you enter to pay for your admission. They did have helpful informational panels at numerous areas around the site which provided some of the history, but also information on the renovations that have been done over the years. Once inside you, some of your “walk” was climbing over rocks to get to the higher levels – this is definitely not a handicap accessible place!
It is thought that the current Temple of Athena was built in the 4
th C BC on the site of a previous temple that had been destroyed by fire. Between 1902-1905 a Danish archeologist and his team uncovered many items of historic value but they are now on exhibit in either Copenhagen or Istanbul rather than here on the island of Rhodes. During the later part of the Italian occupation (1936-1940) here they
put effort into renovations of the colonnade and east wall of the temple. Intentions were good; however, they did not always work from the point of view of historical accuracy and unfortunately the materials used (concrete and iron rings) in the reconstruction were later found to be quite damaging. Between 2000-2005 the previous renovations done in the late 30’s were removed. The idea was to preserve as much of the original as they could, but unfortunately when they started to take the pieces apart, they found that the concrete and iron had done more damage than they thought so were not able to save as much as they had hoped. They were able to do a few corrections of the heights the columns would have been, put into place some of the original stones that they were able to recover at the site and document these changes for us to better understand what the temple would have looked like in its day.
It was a pleasant day temperature wise for hiking around the area and clear enough to give us wonderful views of the harbor, sea and village below. The village of Lindos definitely caters to the tourists with
plenty of souvenir shops and guest houses, but even with that it was a lovely village with beautiful plantings and white buildings to wander around. Bob just kept reminding me as we would pick a walkway that if it went downward, we would have to eventually come back up hill. We were all too aware of this as we also knew that the bus stop was quite a hike up on the main road above the village of Lindos. Definitely an enjoyable day out exploring Lindos and getting some exercise at the same time!
When we saw the harbor that a few boats were anchored in we were in one way sorry we came by land, but knowing that it was giving us more flexibility depending on the winds after the dinghy arrived, it turned out to be a good choice. Added flexibility is always a positive when sailing as you never know what the weather will dictate for you
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