Rhodes and Symi, the Knights and the harbours
Designed with Malta's own Knights' history in mind, pairing the Street of the Knights and the Palace of the Grand Master with a day at Lindos and three nights on Symi. No car needed.
- Length
- 7 days · 6 nights
- Months
- May – October
- Stops
- 3
The route on a map
1 · 3 nights
Rhodes Old Town
The largest inhabited medieval city in Europe, quiet again once the cruise passengers leave.
2 · A day here
Lindos, Rhodes
A Doric acropolis on a headland above two bays, best visited at opening.
3 · 3 nights
Symi Town
A single harbour of ochre and rose neoclassical houses, built on the nineteenth-century sponge trade.
Day by day
Day 1
Arrive Rhodes, into the old town
Sleep · Rhodes Old Town
An evening walk along the Street of the Knights once the ships have sailed.
Day 2
The Palace and the walls
Sleep · Rhodes Old Town
A guided morning with someone who knows both islands' Knights' history, then the archaeological museum.
Day 3
Lindos
Sleep · Rhodes Old Town
An early drive south, at the acropolis for opening, then a swim at St Paul's Bay.
Day 4
Cross to Symi
Sleep · Symi Town
A fifty-minute catamaran, arriving by mid-morning in time to settle before the day boats leave.
Day 5
Panormitis and the coastline
Sleep · Symi Town
A half-day boat to the monastery at the southern tip, and a swim at a cove reached only by sea.
Day 6
Symi on foot
Sleep · Symi Town
The Kali Strata staircase up to Ano Symi, and an unhurried final day around the port.
Day 7
Departure
Departure
A morning catamaran back to Rhodes; allow at least three hours before the flight.