Lindos Acropolis tickets open the gate to the ancient site on the rock above Lindos on Rhodes. Browse more tours in Greece before you choose your day.
This page covers ticket kinds, buying, entry rules, opening hours, the walk to the gate, audio commentary and sights inside.
What are Lindos Acropolis tickets, and what do they cover?
Lindos Acropolis tickets are entry passes to the ancient site on the rock above Lindos village on Rhodes. One ticket gives access to the Acropolis and its monuments. The Ministry of Culture and Sports keeps an official page for the site.
Lindos lies along the eastern shore of Rhodes, and the site crowns the rock over it. From there you look down on the whitewashed village and the sea. Its history runs for more than two thousand years, and entry is for a self-guided visit.
Greek, Roman and Byzantine builders fortified this natural citadel in turn. The Knights of St John came next, and the Ottomans last. Danish archaeologists dug the site down to bedrock in the early twentieth century and uncovered the foundations of every building.
Lindos Acropolis tickets open the Acropolis and nothing else. A booking page for the village says you can enjoy the alleyways and the beach without going up. So the ticket is for the hill and its ruins, not for the streets and the sand below.
The ticket is not for the Acropolis of Rhodes either, which stands in Rhodes Town. Sellers list a separate audio guide for each of the two sites. A short one covers the village of Lindos.
Basic entry is only the site, and sellers add extras on top. One half-day coach trip from Rhodes to Lindos comes in two versions. One adds entry to the Acropolis, while the other covers the tour alone. Either way, the tour ticket works on the day you choose. Read what your Lindos Acropolis tickets include before you book.
Which kinds of Lindos Acropolis tickets can you buy?
Lindos Acropolis tickets fall into three groups: full, reduced and free. Online listings sell the full ticket, while reduced and free ones are given out at the ticket booth with proof. Sellers also bundle entry with a digital companion.
The ministry’s own page for the site names a full ticket. Online sellers list the regular adult ticket too, and people of any age can use it to enter. This is the standard kind of Lindos Acropolis tickets. You choose your day and your slot, then you show the ticket on your smartphone at the entrance.
Reduced and free tickets are an onsite matter. Two booking pages say you get them at the ticket booth and show valid ID. The same pages warn that free tickets are not guaranteed for the time slot you want.
Timed tickets are another kind. On three booking pages the ticket works only at the slot you chose, or fifteen minutes before or after it. Two of them add that the date and the slot cannot be changed. Check this rule when you book Lindos Acropolis tickets online.
Sellers also list kinds by season and by buyer. One online shop shows a winter-season entry ticket and an entry ticket for EU citizens over sixty-five. It also lists a presale ticket for a later start date. Each one comes bundled with a digital companion. The same shop offers a PDF as the bundle, or an audio guide on top.
Online Lindos Acropolis tickets arrive fast. One shop says you receive your ticket bundle instantly. Two booking pages say you download the digital companion from the confirmation email.
Where do you buy Lindos Acropolis tickets, at the gate or online?
You can buy Lindos Acropolis tickets online ahead of time, or from the office beside the entrance gate. Entry runs on time slots, and the office gives no guarantee of a free place in the slot you want.
The official online platform is Hellenic Heritage at hh.gr, the platform of the Ministry of Culture and ODAP. Its home page invites you to get tickets online, easily and quickly, for sites such as Knossos, Mystras and Palamidi. Look there for a Lindos listing before you choose another seller.
Online resellers sell Lindos Acropolis tickets too, each tied to a time slot. You enter during your chosen slot, plus a window of 15 minutes on either side. One seller delivers the ticket in an app. Another says no app is needed. Either way, you show the phone at the entrance.
The ticket office stands at the entrance of the Acropolis, and you can buy Lindos Acropolis tickets there. Two reseller listings warn that the office gives no guarantee of open places in your preferred slot. So the office works as a fallback, not as a plan for a fixed hour.
Check the listing before you buy Lindos Acropolis tickets online. One listing sells the regular adult ticket only. Reduced and free entry are given at the ticket booth, on showing an ID or a certificate. One coach-tour listing offers two versions. One includes the entrance. The other is tour-only, for visitors who handle site tickets themselves.
Who gets reduced or free Lindos Acropolis tickets, and on which days?
Anyone aged 25 or younger from an EU state gets free Lindos Acropolis tickets. So does any non-EU child aged 18 or younger, shown with ID. The Ministry of Culture also opens its State sites free to all on certain dates, such as 6 March.
The ministry lists free days for its State sites. Its Lindos page repeats four of them, and its general list adds the National Holiday and the winter Sundays. The Lindos page also links to the ministry rules on free and reduced admission.
- Two Sundays each month between November and March: the first and the third
- 28 October, the National Holiday
- 18 April, which is International Monuments Day
- International Museums Day, in late spring
- In memory of Melina Mercouri, on 6 March
- European Heritage Days, held on the final weekend of September
Free Lindos Acropolis tickets also go to set groups every day. Anyone from an EU state who is 25 or younger proves it with an ID card or a passport. Children from outside the EU show a passport. Greek unemployed citizens bring an identity card plus a valid unemployment card. Greek citizens in military service need a valid military ID.
Two reseller listings add that people with disabilities enter free on showing a Disability Certificate. Reduced Lindos Acropolis tickets are for seniors aged over 65 who come from Greece or another EU country. An identity card or a passport proves it. The senior rule applies only between 1 October and the final day of late spring.
Parents going with a primary school visit get a reduced ticket. So do teachers who escort school visits from non-EU countries. One reseller listing adds non-EU visitors aged 6 to 25 to the reduced group. It says reduced tickets are sold onsite. Claim reduced and free Lindos Acropolis tickets at the booth with your papers.
What are the opening hours for Lindos Acropolis tickets, and when are the queues shortest?
With Lindos Acropolis tickets you enter daily from 8:00 to 20:00 once April starts, says the Ministry of Culture. In winter the site runs from 8:30 to 15:10 and stays closed on Tuesdays.
Plan your Lindos Acropolis tickets around the Ministry’s autumn rows, which pull the closing time back step by step. It becomes 19:30 on 1 September and 19:00 on 16 September. It drops to 18:30 on 1 October and to 18:00 from 16 October. Winter hours then apply between 1 November and the end of March.
A Greek tourism portal gives 8:00 to 15:30 for winter and sets last admission at 15:10. The two pages differ, so confirm the day before you go. Both carry 15:10, so reach the gate well before it between November and March.
Holidays change the hours. The Ministry table lists these days.
- Closed: Easter Sunday, 1 January, 25 March, the day late spring begins, and 25 and 26 December.
- Open from 8:00 to 15:00: 6 January and Shrove Monday.
- Open from 8:00 to 19:00: 15 August, 28 October, Easter Monday, Holy Spirit Day, Good Friday and Holy Saturday.
The shortest queue is at opening time. A tourism page strongly recommends an early start, preferably at opening, to avoid summer heat and crowds. A travel wiki says Lindos is overcrowded in the mornings when tour coaches arrive, and they leave by 12:00. Plan to be at the gate with your Lindos Acropolis tickets at 8:00, or after noon.
The wait itself is hot. A travel blog says the heat builds on the climb, in the queue and inside, so carry water and snacks. One online seller offers Lindos Acropolis tickets for a chosen slot, with entry fifteen minutes either side.
How do you reach the gate with your Lindos Acropolis tickets, on foot, by donkey or by bus?
You reach the gate with your Lindos Acropolis tickets on foot or by donkey, starting in the village. A bus from Rhodes Town takes you only as far as the village, so plan on the climb from there.
A Greek tourism portal lists the bus from Rhodes Town to Lindos at 50 km and 1 hour 40 minutes. A travel wiki says 1 hour 15 minutes, so allow the longer time. A travel blog counts about 20 daily buses from June to September and 6 in the low season.
The same wiki places the main bus arrival stop outside the village centre. A bus-travel site says buses leaving Lindos fill up with day trippers, and a Sunday brings fewer buses or none. It adds that passengers who join after the first stop can end up standing. Check the last bus before you climb with your Lindos Acropolis tickets.
The walk to the gate with Lindos Acropolis tickets starts at the main car park at the village edge. One tourism page says it takes 10 to 15 minutes through white streets, steps and terraces. Another page counts 20 to 30 minutes uphill, on a steep path with plenty of steps. Allow the longer time in summer heat.
The Ministry gives two options, both starting in Lindos village: walking or riding a mule. A tourism page puts a donkey station at the village entrance. A travel wiki says donkeys and mopeds are the only vehicles on the cobbled lanes. If you want to skip the tiring climb, hire a donkey, and keep your Lindos Acropolis tickets ready.
What do Lindos Acropolis tickets with an audio guide include?
Lindos Acropolis tickets with an audio guide include entry to the site and a self-guided commentary. The commentary plays on your own phone. Other listings sell the audio as an optional add-on, so read the product line before you book.
One operator page bundles an adult entry ticket and a self-guided audio tour for Android and iOS phones. Another page sells the entry ticket alone with the audio tour as an optional extra. A third adds an English audio tour as an upgrade. So Lindos Acropolis tickets with audio come in more than one shape.
The ticket arrives by email. Before the visit, you install the app and save the audio tour to your phone. Use Wi-Fi, because the mobile signal at the site can be weak. Once saved, the content works offline. Bring a charged phone and your own headphones. One seller offers an app-free online version with a cinematic voice narration.
One operator lists 11 stops and 46 stories on its ticket-and-audio version, with a run time of one hour. Its audio-only version lasts ninety minutes and leaves out entry to the site. The pages name five languages: English, German, Spanish, French and Italian. Check the language before you book Lindos Acropolis tickets.
Lindos Acropolis tickets with audio come without a tour guide. No one leads a group, and there is no meeting point. The self-guided tour starts at the site entrance. You can replay the audio before or after the visit. One page estimates one to two hours for the tour and the key sites.
What can you see inside the site with Lindos Acropolis tickets?
The whole site on the rock opens up with Lindos Acropolis tickets. You see the temple of Athena, the stairway, the stoa, the Knights’ walls and a church. One seller says the ticket gives access to the Acropolis and its monuments.
At the top, Lindos Acropolis tickets bring you to the temple of Athena Lindia. The temple was built over a natural cave in the cliffside and measures 7.75 by 21.65 metres. The first temple burned in 342 BC, and a Doric temple replaced it in the late fourth century BC. Sacrifices were offered here by Alexander the Great.
Lindos Acropolis tickets also cover the stairway to the Propylaea. One tourism page says the steps are nicknamed “the stairway to Paradise”. The stoa has a P-shaped plan. By tradition, the shape stood for open arms that welcomed pilgrims. The portico gave the faithful shelter and a place for social and religious activities.
Later ages left their marks on the rock. A Hellenistic wall surrounds the site. A Roman inscription names the priest of Athena, P. Aelius Hagetor. He had the wall and its square towers repaired in the second century AD. Ruins of a Roman temple, dated to about 300 AD, also survive. An ancient theatre is cut into the slope.
Inside the Knights’ castle lie three cisterns and a wide courtyard. A round tower once faced the sea on the east side. One tower at the south-west corner and one on the west side still stand. Film crews shot scenes for The Guns of Navarone on this rock.
Lindos Acropolis tickets also show you a restored site. During the Italian occupation, teams re-erected stoa columns and rebuilt the stairway to the Propylaea. They also covered large surfaces with concrete. Modern standards call that work harmful to the historic record. Archaeologists from Greece and abroad now repair and secure the ancient buildings under the Ministry of Culture.
What else do travellers ask about Lindos Acropolis tickets?
How long do you need inside the site with Lindos Acropolis tickets?
Plan on one to two hours inside with Lindos Acropolis tickets. One travel page recommends two to three hours to see every level. Three blogs put the visit at about an hour. A walking page puts the round trip, ruins included, at 45 to 90 minutes. One family blog says with fewer crowds you will not spend hours there.
The site is not large, but it is set over levels. You climb from the entrance through the medieval fortifications to the Temple of Athena Lindia. One blog says an hour lets you read the boards and take your time on the summit. It asks for at least an hour and fifteen minutes before closing.
What rules and security checks wait at the gate with Lindos Acropolis tickets?
Expect a ticket scan at the turnstiles. Online buyers skip the ticket office and walk straight in to be scanned. A phone ticket is shown at the entrance, so keep your phone charged. One ticket page tells visitors to carry a passport or other ID. It also mentions security and ticket checks at the gate.
The same page says pets, baby strollers, and large bags or luggage are not permitted at the site. Pack light before you present your Lindos Acropolis tickets. A small bag with water and a hat is enough, because the site has no facilities inside. Leave anything bulky at your hotel before the walk up.
Is the site open to wheelchairs, strollers and tired legs with Lindos Acropolis tickets?
The Ministry of Culture listing for the site rules out access for disabled people. Weigh that before you book Lindos Acropolis tickets. One blog adds that steps run throughout, so the site is not suitable for wheelchairs. A ticket page calls access limited and lists steep steps and uneven terrain.
Strollers are not allowed, and one blog calls the site not buggy-friendly, with steep drops. The ground off the paths is uneven, so hold small children tightly. The final climb to the sanctuary is 34 steps, so rest on the way. One blog says anyone of average fitness without mobility issues can manage the walk and climb to the top.
What do you wear and bring in the heat and wind with Lindos Acropolis tickets?
The climb and the summit have almost no shade, so cover your head and carry sunscreen and sunglasses. Wear sturdy walking shoes or sandals, not flip-flops. The ground is uneven, the staircase has drainage grooves, and walkways can be slippery. The dress code is not strict, and light clothing suits the warm weather.
Bring a bottle of water, since one blog found nowhere to buy it at the Acropolis. There are no toilets inside, but toilets stand next to the cafe near the entrance. For wind, one outdoor page packs a light layer in a small daypack and calls winter cool and windy. It lists occasional rain in spring.
What happens to Lindos Acropolis tickets if the weather turns or the timetable shifts?
Lindos Acropolis tickets bought online fix your entry time. One seller states that the time cannot be changed once booked. Arrival windows differ by seller. One accepts arrivals within a quarter of an hour either side of the slot. Another accepts one hour before to one hour after. Read the rule on your own ticket.
No ticket page lists a weather rule. One news report on a past heat wave names the Acropolis of Athens and other sites. They shut from one to five in the afternoon. It does not name Lindos. Conservation work can also close parts of the site. Check the hours on the day you use your Lindos Acropolis tickets.