Trip to Lindos

Our second car hire involved a trip to the lovely town of Lindos with Joan and Ben Gibson.  A visit to Lindos is the highlight of a holiday in Rhodes.  The location of the town below the acropolis built on a steep rock 116 metres high, with Lindos Beach at the foot of the town, is a wonderful spectacle.  The dramatic natural landscape is enhanced by the picturesque quality of the more modern town lying at the foot of the castle.

The first sight on the trip was yet another attractive church.  The best things about religion is the architecture and the music they say.  I cannot resist a good looking church.

Then we stumbled across the Monastery of Panagia Tsambika which has the marvelous black and white pebbles of inlaid paving that is a specialty of this area.  The pebbles, carefully laid out in a herring-bone pattern, are right through the courtyard and also on the floor of the church in the monastery.

Another elaborate design complementing its surroundings perfectly in the monastery courtyard.

The tranquil monastery courtyard.  Every monastery we visited had a lovely courtyard.  These monks knew how to relax and enjoy the isolation.

Unfortunately we did not visit the tiny Byzantine church located on top of the hill opposite the monastery.  The view is supposed to be quite breathtaking.  I had not done my research very thoroughly and we did not know that the Tsambika Monastery, or the church on the top of the hill, were such a worthwhile spots to visit.

Our first view of Lindos with a spectacular view of the town.

A panorama shot of the approach to the town and the acropolis.