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My travel in Europe:
Rhodes, island of Greece, 2019


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Day VII: Seven Springs and Lindos:

This was supposed to be the last day before we going home, but we already on the second day got a message that our flight home was delayed. The rainy Wednesday we booked a bus tour to this day. The travel agency kindly arranged an extra tour for us and we shall visit the Seven Spring and Lindos. We was a bit nervous about this day, yesterday we got information that they shall have a strike at Lindos. But only in the morning, they changed the order of the tour and we visit the Seven Springs first and after that the strike at Lindos was over. What a terrific service we got!

Map over the seventh day bus trip:

(100 km bus tour at Rhodes island.)


Seven Springs:

One week at Rhodes, 2019

We had read about Seven Springs but didn't know very much more then it's beautiful here. After we get off the mini bus that had picked us up at the hotel we start walking down to the waterfalls.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

We follow the river down the valley and count the the springs.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

It's very beautiful here and there is a restaurant at the falls. The rivers are not big as the ones as we have at Northern Sweden. We found all seven springs, they have put a sign with a number at them.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

This is a tunnel that goes through the mountain. For a not to big person it was possible to walk inside the tunnel to the other side.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

The water was cold and for me who is a bit tall this tunnel walking was no option.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Halfway there is an opening.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

We could hear the tunnel walking people screaming down there, was one person stuck or?


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Here they came out on the other side, as mane people that entered the tunnel.


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Lindos town:

One week at Rhodes, 2019

The minibus take us to next stop, Lindos.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

I think Lindos must be the most famous place to visit at Rhodes. A small road lead us down to Lindos town.


One week at Rhodes, 2019


One week at Rhodes, 2019

The square at Lindos town. Now we must find the walkway up to ancient Lindos, you see it on the top of the mountain.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

There were donkey cabs you could take, but we walked because we want to take photos.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Lot of narrows alleys, which one?


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Yes there is a sign, that helped us.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

A few steps more and we were out of the town.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Great view over the Lindos town.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

The old harbor of Lindos. We enter the gate and came in to the old Lindos.


Ancient Acropolis of Lindos:

One week at Rhodes, 2019


One week at Rhodes, 2019


One week at Rhodes, 2019

A staircase lead us up to the wall where there is another gate with a tunnel. Imaging to visit this place in July, crowed with people and hot.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Just before we enter the second gate.

At Wikipedia there is more information about Lindos:


One week at Rhodes, 2019

The tunnel lead us into ancient Lindos.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Big walls protect the city. Just wonder how it looked when they started to excavated and restored Lindos.


One week at Rhodes, 2019


One week at Rhodes, 2019

This is new stuff, relics from Roman era. The Greeks was here first! It looks to be fundaments, a ring of statues. Dedicated to Tiberius and his sons Drusus and Germanicus.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

The Doric temple of Athena Lindia, maybe 2300 years old.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Your legs must have well trimmed muscles, long way down to the harbor and fish market.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

The lake donw there, could it from the quarry that delivered the stones? And how did they get those stones up here?


One week at Rhodes, 2019

A Hellenistic stoa. On the bases to the right stood bronze statues in honor of Zenodotos, 100 BC.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Staircase of the Propylaea.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

This day was hot during daytime, maybe 25 degrees Celsius. Yeah, I know sometimes it's 45 degrees, but for us who are used with snow it's hot!


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Part of Lindos is 3000 years old. The bases in front hold statues of Zeus, Athena and Apollo, 4th BC.


One week at Rhodes, 2019


One week at Rhodes, 2019

A row of statues stood on these bases dedicated Polykles son of Polykrates.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Votive semicircular exedra Pasiphon son of Epilykos.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

The most modern house, the Church of Ayios Ioannis, 12th century.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

A water cistern, or?


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Now we had walked around here for a couple of hours and feel we are finished with ancient Lindos.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Is this the gate out?


One week at Rhodes, 2019


One week at Rhodes, 2019

The gate lead us to a dark room, this is the staircase the sign told us about.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Walked through the gate and down the staircase, here is also the remains of an older staircase.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Look, what a beautiful Rhodian warship, honor of a naval victory, carved out in the rock 2100 years ago!


One week at Rhodes, 2019


One week at Rhodes, 2019


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Donkey cab waiting, but we walked.


One week at Rhodes, 2019


One week at Rhodes, 2019


One week at Rhodes, 2019


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Back in Lindos town, we had our bus waiting and walked through.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

A last look back at the fantastic ancient Lindos.


Rhodes city:

One week at Rhodes, 2019

After all these walk we are a need of a rest and something to eat and drink. We found this nice little restaurant close to our hotel. The owner spooked Swedish with us.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

After the dinner we decided to visit the the Northern harbor once again. Follow the alleys.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Pepes Bodega, what! All Sweden people know the movie Sällskapsresan (the Vacation Travel) produced by Lars Åberg. A comedy of Swedish people on vacation in Southern Europe. Two of the drunk men looking for this place all the length of the movie.

At Wikipedia there is more information about the movie Sällskapsresan:


One week at Rhodes, 2019


One week at Rhodes, 2019


One week at Rhodes, 2019

One of the four towers, now we know they are windmills, or was.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

The Aquarium.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

A luxury cruiser leave Rhodes, maybe with our new American friends, I hope they write to us.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

This long we didn't came earlier, what is this?


One week at Rhodes, 2019

We walk up to the platform to have a view. There is something below the water surface.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

The opening into the Mandrake harbor.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

It's a bath, abounded it looks, or will they fill it up the following weeks?


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Nice entrance.


Mandrake harbor:

One week at Rhodes, 2019

We had a very fine evening, but now time to walk back to the hotel.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

We took another road back, here we found the foundation of an old defense wall.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Fat lazy cats.


One week at Rhodes, 2019

Nice looking building, is it a school house or?

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