Lindos Rhodes Greece General Information

Time Zone: GMT+2

International dialing code: +30

Currency: Euro

Official languages: Greek

Religion: Greek Orthodox

Climate: The summer in Greece is warm and occasionally very hot but usually quite windy. In wintertime weather is quite cool but never cold with lowest temperatures around 11-13 degrees.

Electricity: 220 W

Cooking
Greek cooking is famous all around the world for the blend of East and West flavours.
Come in Greece and taste its "cuisine"!
Appetizers Cheese Pastries - Tiropitakia; Stuffed Grapevine Leaves - Dolmathakia Me Rizi
Salads Cucumber Dip - Tzajiki; Greek Summer Salad
Sea Food Baked Shrimp With Feta Cheese - Gharithes Me Feta
Meat Dishes Baked Lamb With Tomatoes - Arni A La Hasapa; Grilled Lamb Skewers - Souvlakia
Vegetables Artichokes with Olive Oil - Aginares A La Polita; Baked Summer Vegetables - Briami
Desserts and Sweets Almond Pears - Amygthalota; Baklava; Baked Halva - Halvas Tou Fournou; Greek Butter Cookie - Kourabiethes.

Beaches
The Beaches in Rhodes are beautiful, sandy or rocky, with brilliant emerald waters. Some of the most famous are: Afantou, a long beach with fine pebbles, situated 23 km Southeast of the city; Faliraki, the earthly paradise of mass tourism, with restaurants, bars, luxurious hotels, souvenir shops; Tsampika, a beautiful, dark-colored sandy beach, situated Southwest of the city of Rhodes; Lardos, a magnificent sandy beach only few km south of Lindos; Lindos Beach, fully equipped beach in the Lindos Bay.

No Cars
No vehicles other than the donkeys which carry tourists to the acropolis are allowed on the paved streets of Lindos.

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