Staying in Rhodes for a week not only meant sunbathing and eating my body weight in feta cheese, it also meant culture. Now, a holiday to Rhodes wouldn't be complete without a trip to the beautiful little village of Lindos. Lindos is pretty much heaven when it comes to food, quaint shops and incredible scenery - it seems one million miles away from the busy and crowded streets of London.
Lindos has kept all of its original charm, including hand crafted signs and clothes.
The view from the top of Lindos' Acropolis (built in 300BC - a very long time ago - I'm not the person to ask if you want to know about history) is breathtaking as you look over the crystal-clear waters and impressive cliffs from a height. Sometimes you need a birds-eye view to truly take in the scenery, even if it means that you have to walk (or take a donkey ride) up a lot of stairs. Remember to take some water up with you because trust me you'll need it.
Every restaurant we walked past was absolutely stunning, and, as you can imagine, the food was incredible (but then again when is Greek food not incredible.) After much deliberation we ended up eating at Dionysos, a Greek meze restaurant and my chicken souvlaki was soooo tasty I find myself still thinking about it (is that weird? The fact that I even need to ask that question suggests yes.)
The white-washed streets of Lindos are like a labyrinth.
Me standing by a very Greek-looking door (okay - I thought it looked pretty and maybe, just maybe did I pretend that I was in Mamma Mia.) It was impossible not to draw comparisons between the Greek 'island' of Kalokairi and Lindos.
Rather than heading for the main Lindos beach, we decided to head towards St Peter's Bay instead, although it was smaller, it was much quieter and the sea was the most amazing turquoise - like nothing I'd ever seen before.
What was also extraordinary about Lindos was that everything was handmade; the gifts, bags and linen dresses. I found that this added to the traditional Greek feel of the village and it made me fall in love with it even more, especially after meeting the lovely shop-owners who had worked so hard to make these items.
I LOVE these sandals.
I had to finish on this picture because look how freaking amazing these fresh oranges look!
When I visit places which contain so much history and are untouched by humans, it reminds me that the world is so phenomenal. As a quote on a wall in Rhodes said;
'The world is a book, and those who don't travel only read one page.'
All the love x