A day trip from Faliraki to Lindos

KTEL Rodou runs a bus service between Faliraki and Lindos, stopping at Faliraki Tivoli, Faliraki Thirteen, Faliraki Mansions and Faliraki Pagonaki. The bus has air conditioning, an audio system and an internet connection.

The timetable period available for this service has ended, so it does not establish current departures or prices. Check the official site before you go: use KTEL Rodou for bus schedules and fares, and Hellenic Heritage for Acropolis opening information and tickets.

If you are also planning a day in the island’s capital, the question of how to take a Faliraki day trip to Rhodes Old Town is a separate route to plan.

Lindos is best explored on foot: its cobbled streets are pedestrianised, and parking is outside the village. The settlement’s lanes lead through a historic cluster of white buildings below the Acropolis, so allow time to wander before or after the uphill visit.

Some of the village’s oldest houses date from the 17th century. The historic buildings also include captains’ mansions and Byzantine churches dating from the 11th century; the church of Panagia dates to 1489–1490.

For practical planning around your starting point, how to get around Faliraki without a car can help you think through local transport before the day trip.

The Acropolis of Lindos sits above the settlement and is a 10-minute walk from the traditional village. The site was central to Lindos’s settlement life and reached its heyday in the 7th–6th centuries BC.

Monuments on the Acropolis include the Temple of Athena Lindia, a Hellenistic stoa, the 13th-century church of Agios Ioannis and the Knights’ administrative building. Allow time to explore the archaeological remains once you reach the top.

Hellenic Heritage gives full admission as €20 and reduced admission as €10. Its seasonal hours are:

• From April through August: daily, 08:00–20:00.
• From 1–15 September: daily, 08:00–19:30; from 16–30 September: daily, 08:00–19:00.
• From 1–15 October: daily, 08:00–18:30; from 16–31 October: daily, 08:00–18:00.
• From November through March: 08:30–15:30 on Monday and Wednesday through Sunday; closed Tuesday.

Last admission is 20 minutes before closing. The Acropolis is closed on 1 January, 25 March, 1 May, Easter Sunday, and 25 and 26 December. Free admission applies on 6 March, 18 April, 18 May, the last weekend of September, 28 October, and the first and third Sunday of each month from November through March.

Lindos combines its archaeological site with a coastal setting, and the local beaches offer water sports. You could visit the village first, continue up to the Acropolis, then leave time for the shore before heading back.

The order can also work in reverse if you prefer to spend the cooler part of the day walking through the settlement and site.

The Acropolis has a café or restaurant, a shop and toilets. Parking is outside the pedestrian village, so if you arrive by car, plan to continue on foot into Lindos.