Lindos is a town situated in Rhodes island. In the ancient times it belonged to hexapolis as well as five other polis: Halikarnas, Jalysos, Kamejos, Kos, Knidos. Irrespective of its Doric origin the language of Lindos was Ionic, this theory is backed up by certain manuscripts. During archeological works remains of a temple of Athene were dug out in Lindos. A chronicle of the temple was found as well. According to the tradition in the year 58 AD in a little bay near Lindos a vessel with St. Paul was anchoraged. Since this moment Christianity is the main religion of the islanders.
The beach in Lindos, Rhodes Island is perfectly sandy , with a stunning view of the acropolis that towers over whole town. The beach is located only few hundred meters from the centre of the town.Such a comfortable localisation of the beach, a wide range of accommodation, shopping and entertainment facilities are offered to tourists. There are innumerable taverns, several of them at the sea front, where you will find delicious food and fresh fish. The beach is equipped with all the facilities that any kind of sport activity would ever deman, The best is, without a shadow of a doubt, equipment for watersports. Apart from that there are highy- qualified lifeguards that look after tourists, who tend to forget to take into consideration their actual abilities.
One can easily overlook Rhodes on a map as it is truly tiny: 80 km long and 40 km wide. It is situated only 20 km from the Turkish coastline, among the waters of Aegean Sea. Since the dawn of history Rhodes has been under many different rules and has seen numerous wars and battles. The most poetic and worth mentioning may be the one between two ancient painters : Appeles and Protogenes.
Rhodes offers something for the body as well as for the soul. The weather in Rhodes is typically Greek: summer is always hot and dry, so it is not the best part of the year to pay a visit there. Spring and autumn are reasonably the best choices as the temperatures oscillate between 10 and 20 degrees of Celsius - which is best if you seek a place to take a deep breath. Though certain vagaries of weather cannot be underestimated. Those seasons also guarantee that you will be eager to explore the historical background of that beautiful island, for instance its varied architecture.
The architecture of Rhodes Island may be divided into two categories: coastal and inland. The first one is well represented by picturesque ports like those in Rhodes or Lindos, built like huge amphitheatres. Inland style can be explained using the example of small villages hidden among hills and mountains. They usually are surrounded by walls, houses crowded on the slopes tightly ring innumerable valleys of Rhodes. There can be nothing more eyecatching than to see a mist slowly lifting from the very bottom of such a valley to get dispersed in the first warm rays of the rising sun 