RHODES · GREECE
Knights’ walls, Aegean blue, Lindos in white.
The medieval Old Town, the Lindos acropolis, swim cruises across the Aegean, and the islands an hour’s ferry away. Boat days, walking days, sunset days.
Only in Rhodes
Three things you can’t do anywhere else.
Swim cruises and day-trip ferries exist on every Greek island. These three don’t. A working medieval city, an acropolis on a cliff above the sea, and the prettiest harbour in Greece on a half-day return. The trip is built around them.
Inside the walls
The Knights’ Old Town
The largest functional inhabited medieval city in Europe. The Knights of Saint John ruled here from 1309 to 1522 and left a four-kilometre ring of walls, the Street of the Knights, the Grand Master’s Palace and the Hospital still in place. UNESCO listed it in 1988. About six thousand people still live inside.
- 1 Rhodes Old Town Walking Tour (Small Group)
- 2 Explore the Medieval city of Rhodes on scooters – 2 hours
- 3 Rhodes: Explore the New and Medieval City on Trikkes
On the cliff
The Lindos Acropolis
A Greek acropolis perched on a 116-metre rock above the Aegean, continuously occupied for four thousand years. The Temple of Athena Lindia, a Hellenistic stoa, a Byzantine chapel and a Crusader castle all share the same summit. Whitewashed Lindos village sits below, with the bougainvillea on every wall.
- 1 From Rhodes: Lindos Round-Trip Bus Transfer with Free Time
- 2 From Rhodes Town: Day Trip to Lindos
- 3 Rhodes: Guided Bus Trip to Lindos Village & Seven Springs
An hour away
A Day on Symi
One of the prettiest harbours in Greece, fifty minutes by speedboat. Pastel neoclassical mansions stacked up the hillsides above the port, lunch on the quay, a swim at Saint George Bay, back in Rhodes by evening. The day-trip culture means you can do Symi as a half-day from anywhere on the island.
- 1 Rhodes: Speedboat Trip to Symi with Free Time to Explore
- 2 Rhodes: High-Speed Boat to Symi Island and St George’s Bay
- 3 From Rhodes: Cruise to Symi Island and Saint George’s Bay
The first day out
The boat day everyone books.
If you’ve only got one day in Rhodes, start here. The Aegean cruise most travellers do first.
The classics
Rhodes’s Most Popular Tours
Symi, Lindos, the Old Town, Anthony Quinn Bay. The trips most travellers come to Rhodes to do.
By place
Pick a corner of Rhodes.
Each place is its own day. Lindos for the acropolis and the village. The Old Town for the Knights. Symi for the prettiest harbour in Greece. Anthony Quinn Bay for the swim.
By tour type
Or pick how you want to spend the day.
All-inclusive cruise if you want lunch onboard. Speedboat for range. Catamaran for lounging. Submarine for the kids. Sunset boats, walking tours, cooking classes, snorkelling, and the rest.
Plan by time
How long have you got?
Rhodes works at three speeds. A morning inside the walls, a day on a boat to Symi, or a week of all of it.
Across to Symi
Greece’s prettiest harbour, an hour away.
Pastel neoclassical houses stacked up the hillsides above Symi’s port. Day-trip boats run every morning from Mandraki. Three we’d book without a second thought.
When the light goes gold
Rhodes after the sun drops.
The eastern Aegean does long, slow golden hours. Boats moor for a swim, dinner happens onboard, you come back under the harbour lights. Our three picks for the slowest part of the day.
Inside the walls
Walking the Knights’ city.
Eleven gates, a four-kilometre moat, the longest still-occupied medieval street in Europe. Three guided walks worth doing on day one, before the rest of the island.
At the table
Where Rhodes eats.
Tavernas in the Old Town, family kitchens in the mountain villages, cooking classes in Lindos and the island’s small-batch winemakers. Three to slow down with between the boat days.
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