The village of Lindos is lawfully protected from major development and retains the traditional look of small, whitewashed, flat roofed houses. Many of these houses in Lindos are now rented out to tourist during the summer months. There are around one thousand inhabitants, with thousands more visitors, coming each day to visit the beaches and the acropolis that dominates the landscape.

The Danish Archaeological School excavated the acropolis in Lindos, between 1902 and 1912. They found tools dating back to 3,000 B.C. proving that people have been living in the vicinity for at least five thousand years. It's not hard to see why, as strategically, it is has a high vantagepoint for observing any possible pirate attacks and an almost perfect natural bay in which the Greeks could protect their ships during storms.

Lindos (along with Kamiros and Ialysos) was built by the Dorians in about the twelfth century B.C. Rhodes sent nine ships to help out in the Greco-Trojan War and these were probably from Lindos. Lindos became the centre of maritime trade in the area and was very prosperous.

Sculptures were exported from Lindos, both in stone and bronze. The quality of the local stone was poor and it was for the latter material that Lindian artists became famous. None more so than Chares of Lindos, who designed and sculptured the Colossus of Rhodes, that by legend stood astride the entrance to Mandraki harbour in Rhodes Town, but probably was a few hundred yards away in the Temple of Helios.

Lindos was at its commercial height around the sixth century B.C. After Rhodes Town was founded in 408 B.C. the centre for sculpture and many of the shipyards moved from Lindos to the new capital. Lindos continued to be a centre for local shipping until the eighteenth century, when steam powered trading ships found better anchorage elsewhere.

Other sites of interest in Lindos are the 'Houses of the Captains'. These were built for the wealthy ship owners of the sixteenth and seventeenth century and their architecture is unique in the Greek world.

The walls surrounding the acropolis was built by the Knight of St John that gives it the medieval look. Donkeys now take (less energetic) tourists to the top of the acropoils, but this trip should be avoided in the middle of the day. In 170 B.C. to honour of one of their sea captains, the Lindians carved the stern of ship into the rock.

Again carved in the rock, but a little way from the acopolis is the theatre, which in ancient times must have been a very pleasant place to spend an evening. Close to the theatre and the carpark is a modern football (soccer) pitch, where waiters from Lindos play tourists in a weekly fixture.

A road allows cars and coaches to approach the main beach from the north, but such traffic is banned in the narrow, winding, streets in the main village. There is a large car park at the top of the hill where it joins the main east road. From here busses go both north to Faliraki and Rhodes Town, and south to the nearby Pefkos and Lardos. The beaches in the Lindos main bay have sunbeds and umbrellas set out in an orderly fashion. St Paul's Bay nearby has a small beach but well worth the walk to get away from the crowds.

The coach journey to Lindos from Rhodes International Airport, or the ferry stopping in Rhodes Town, is about one hour. Lindos is built on a hill and is not recommended for wheelchairs or the less mobile.