Rhodes Private Taxi Services

From your selected point, you'll be driven to the Old town. You'll pass through one of the gateways and enter the Jewish Quarter named "La Juderia" at the Square of the Martyred Jews with the "seahorse" fountain (stop pictures). Also known in Greek as "Evreon Martyron" then onto the "Kahal Shalom" synagogue the oldest synagogue in Greece (stop pictures). It was built in the year 1577 and is still in service. You will visit the Rhodes Jewish Museum that collected a large number of pictures of the past Jewish community in Rhodes (stop pictures).

You continue to the entrance of the old harbor, atop tall columns, stand the two bronze deer - characteristic landmarks of the island. Here, according to tradition, was the place where the famous Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, once stood(stop pictures).

Then past the many hotel complexes of the New town, continuing up the hillside to Monte Smith (The Acropolis of Rhodes city) which overlooks the Old Town. Enjoy excellent views of the new and old town of Rhodes(stop pictures). Then we drive to the Temple of Apollo, and the restored Greek Stadium and the Greek Theatre(stop pictures).

Then your journey to Lindos will take you along a beautiful, 35-mile drive of the east coast of the island, past picturesque little villages, with many glimpses of the sea and a splendid landscape of orange and lemon groves, and gnarled olive trees. From a vantage point along the coast, the impressive Acropolis will come into view with the village of Lindos situated in a picturesque bay below(stop pictures). Once part of an ancient Greek civilization. The Lindos Acropolis also includes the remains of the medieval fortifications of the Knights of St. John.

You continue to the south of Lindos, to St. Paul 's Bay, a beautiful panoramic bay, from this point you can view the cave where the film "The Guns of Navarone" was filmed(stop pictures).

Then we drive to the main square of Lindos so you can climb up to the Acropolis of Lindos. Walk through Lindos Village and up the many steps and narrow uphill cobblestone pathways to the summit of the Acropolis to see the magnificent remains of past civilizations. Marvel at the 4th century B.C. Doric Temple of Athena Lindia, a double winged portico, a Byzantine church and the fortifications of the Knights, including the remains of the Governor's quarters. This view is truly panoramic. (Instead of climbing up the Acropolis you can visit the village, and then we drive down to the beach for break and a drink).

On the way back you drive along the coastal road to Faliraki, its main feature is an expansive sandy beach. Continuing to Kalithea we arrive at the Jewish cemetery one of the best preserved in Europe and it contains tombstones from the 1500's to the present.

Upon returning to Rhodes Town, you may choose to be dropped back to your hotel or back to your ship, or near the city gates of the Old Town for independent browsing. You would then be responsible for your own return to the ship on foot, which will be docked approximately a quarter mile away.

If you wish you could add on this program lunch or even swimming (June to September) on the Mediterranean Sea.