ONE OF THE MOST famous of the many famouse Greek Islands, a stone’s throw from turkey, Rhodes is like so much of Greece, steeped in history.
Lindos was founded about 10000BC by the Dorian king Tlepolemus of Rhodes.
One way to see the Greek Islands.
Armies and religions came and fought over Rhodes, leaving these rooftop views of the ancient town.
A spectacular bay at Lindos, on Rhodes.
The old crusader fort in Rhodes.
Imposing gates are just one feature that kept this fort out of enemy hands until it fell.
These days, the enemy is likely to be a crypto crook with a bigger one of these.
History lurks under every arch of Rhodes, too.
The acropolis of Lindos takes abit of walking but the views to the sea and of the town below are just rewards, one of many in Greece's islands.