Lindos and Rhodes Old Town private tour (5 hours)

What fits in five hours?

Two stops and 137 minutes at the wheel: the tightest of our three Rhodes days. The route strip above gives the legs as OpenStreetMap routes them without traffic: from the cruise port 67 min and 50.2 km down the east coast to Lindos for 95 minutes; 68 min and 50.4 km back to the Old Town for 60 minutes at the Palace of the Grand Master; 2 min and 1.1 km to the quay. Eight minutes are left loose, so the day keeps its order and a late start eats into the Old Town, not into Lindos. From a hotel the first and the last leg follow the address; from a hotel in Lindos the day runs the other way, the Old Town first. The 8-hour day adds Filerimos, Kamiros and lunch; the 4-hour tour leaves Lindos out.

Lindos first: the acropolis above the village

The acropolis was always the heart of Lindos, the Ministry’s portal says, and it stands 10 minutes on foot above the village by the portal’s count: the Doric temple of Athena Lindia of the 4th century BC, the propylaea with their monumental staircase, the Hellenistic stoa 87 metres long with 42 columns, and the walls the Knights Hospitaller raised on the Byzantine ones, with the Commandery of the governor and the church of Saint John. Ninety-five minutes cover the climb, the top and the lanes below. The ticket is 20 EUR (checked 14 Oct 2026, hh.gr), reduced 10 EUR (checked 14 Oct 2026, hh.gr), the last admission 20 minutes before closing; the portal lists a café or restaurant, a shop, WC and parking at the site, and prints these hours by period:

• 1 Apr to 31 Aug: 08:00 to 20:00, last entry 19:40
• 1 Sep to 15 Sep: 08:00 to 19:30, last entry 19:10
• 16 Sep to 30 Sep: 08:00 to 19:00, last entry 18:40
• 1 Oct to 15 Oct: 08:00 to 18:30, last entry 18:10
• 16 Oct to 31 Oct: 08:00 to 18:00, last entry 17:40
• 1 Nov to 31 Mar: Monday, 08:30 to 15:30, last entry 15:10
• 1 Nov to 31 Mar: Wednesday, 08:30 to 15:30, last entry 15:10
• 1 Nov to 31 Mar: Thursday, 08:30 to 15:30, last entry 15:10
• 1 Nov to 31 Mar: Friday, 08:30 to 15:30, last entry 15:10
• 1 Nov to 31 Mar: Saturday, 08:30 to 15:30, last entry 15:10
• 1 Nov to 31 Mar: Sunday, 08:30 to 15:30, last entry 15:10

Checked 14 Oct 2026, hh.gr.

Then the Old Town and the Palace of the Grand Master

An hour inside the walls, on foot, with the driver waiting at their edge. The Palace of the Grand Master at the top of the Street of the Knights was the seat and the administrative centre of the Order from the early 14th century, as the portal tells it, partly destroyed by an explosion in 1856 and restored by the Italians, and is a museum today with two exhibitions on the ground floor and mosaic floors from Kos above. The ticket is 20 EUR (checked 14 Oct 2026, hh.gr), reduced 10 EUR (checked 14 Oct 2026, hh.gr); it is open daily until 20:00 from April to October and from 08:30 to 15:30 with Tuesdays closed from November to March. The walk on the fortification walls is a separate ticket, open at midday from Monday to Friday in the summer months and closed in winter; an hour is enough for the Palace or the walls, not both, and the Rhodes page prints both tables.

Driver or licensed guide at Lindos?

Both stops are Ministry sites, and inside them guiding is reserved to state-licensed guides by Law 5121/2024. Our driver drives, waits at the foot of the path and at the walls with the vehicle, and gives practical orientation: the way to the ticket desk, the time to be back, where the shade is. A licensed guide for the acropolis or the Palace is booked ahead on request and quoted with the day; the driver-or-guide guide sets the two roles side by side.

Steps, shade, toilets and lunch

No meal stop in five hours: a table in Lindos within the 95 minutes, or in the Old Town at the end, at your own expense, with the driver waiting. Toilets are listed by the portal at both sites, with a café or restaurant and a shop at each, parking at Lindos and an elevator at the Palace. Steps and shade no official page counts: the climb to the acropolis is on foot, 10 minutes by the portal, and the Old Town is walked; the driver’s orientation at each stop covers the rest. Shoes that grip, a hat and the water in the vehicle.

What does it cost for our group?

The 5-hour rate card, per group: 400 EUR for up to three guests in a sedan, 500 EUR for four to seven in a minivan, which is 125 EUR a head for four and 83 EUR for six; from eight guests the rate is per person. The two tickets above are paid at the gates and not in the price, lunch and a licensed guide likewise. The site takes no payment: the office confirms by email, the driver is paid on the day.

Where do we meet the driver?

From a ship: at the passengers’ exit of the cruise terminal at the Tourist Port, name sign up. The tour needs five hours plus the 90-minute margin before all-aboard, six and a half hours in port, printed on the card and checked by the booking form; Rhodes is a dock, so there is no tender to allow for, and the Old Town is the last stop, 2 minutes from the quay. From a hotel: at the door, anywhere on the island, and back to it. The cruise port page has the quays, the terminal and the clearance times with their sources, and the Rhodes page sets this tour beside the other two.