Melenos Lindos

Top choice in Lindos


This Moorish-style palace, on the mule trail above Pallas Beach, has bougainvillea walkways, pebble-mosaic floors, verandas festooned in lanterns and bauble lights that cast a glow on Ottoman furniture. Staff glide discreetly around as you soak up the stunning bay view. Rooms are lovingly re-created in traditional Lyndian style, with raised beds, wooden ceilings and private balconies, and there's a superb restaurant.


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1. Pallas Beach

0.07 MILES

Tucked just below Lindos village, pocket-sized, taverna-fringed Pallas Beach is reached by a footpath that drops down near the start of the mule trail up…

2. Lindos Main Beach

0.14 MILES

The larger of Lindos' two superb beaches stretches north along the innermost shoreline of the bay, north of the village. Known logically enough as Main…

3. Acropolis of Lindos

0.16 MILES

A short, steep-stepped footpath climbs the rocky 116m-high headland above the village to reach Lindos’ beautifully preserved Acropolis. First fortified in…

4. St Paul's Bay

0.35 MILES

A short walk from the southern end of Lindos village, St Paul’s Bay is an all-but-circular inlet that's only open to the Aegean via a slender gap in the…

5. Stegna Beach

8.36 MILES

A 3km detour off the main road from the busy town of Archangelos will bring you winding down the coastal hillside to the low-key little resort of Stegna…

6. Epta Piges

11.11 MILES

Seven natural springs at this beauty spot, in the hills 4km inland from Kolymbia, feed a river that’s channelled into a narrow tunnel, exactly the size of…

7. Ladiko Beach

17 MILES

One of Rhodes’ loveliest (and busiest) beaches, Ladiko Beach consists of two back-to-back coves, indenting either side of a small peninsula 3km south of…

8. Valley of the Butterflies

17.09 MILES

The so-called Valley of the Butterflies, 7km up from the west coast, and 32km southwest of Rhodes Town, is a major day-trip destination for package…