Your day, step by step
08:15
Walk off the ship along the waterfront to the KTEL station outside the New Market at Mandraki.
08:45
Take a morning KTEL bus to Lindos (about 1 hour 20–25 minutes; check the day's timetable).
10:15
Climb through Lindos village to the acropolis. Allow about two hours for the climb, the site and the views over St Paul's Bay.
12:30
Lunch in Lindos village.
13:30
Catch a KTEL bus back to Rhodes Town; 14:00 is the latest safe departure.
15:00
Enter the Old Town through Liberty Gate by Mandraki and walk up the Street of the Knights to the Palace of the Grand Master (outside only, unless you have time).
15:40
Walk down through Hippocrates Square to the Marine Gate and out to the pier.
16:00
Back on board, 90 minutes before all-aboard.
- Latest you can leave Old Town16:15
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Old TownWalk about 10 min to the pier16:15
- LindosKTEL bus 1 h 20–25 min; 13:30 is safer14:00
- Old Town (ship at Akandia)Walk about 20 min, or taxi16:10
- Old Town (tender day)Walk 10 min, plus tender queue15:45
Where people get Rhodes wrong
Catching a late-afternoon bus back from Lindos, when the ride is nearly 1.5 hours and buses fill up.
Built from our Rhodes guide, checked against 18 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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