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Lindos is only twenty-nine miles from the Islands capital of Rhodes Town and was once the ancient capital of Rhodes Island. Lindos is a diverse holiday resort, with enchanting beaches and a medieval village at it's centre that is topped with a fortified ancient Acropolis. The village is quaint with its cobbled streets and white-stuccoed houses sloping down to the sea. The Acropolis is reached through a series of steps, which can be ascended on donkeys. From the outside, the Acropolis does not betray its Hellenistic origins because the original complex was surrounded by a strong fortification in the Middle Ages by the Knights of St John, but inside are the Doric Stoa, propylaean ruins, the sanctuary of Athena and the Byzantine church of St John. The ruins of an ancient theatre have been discovered on the slope below the Acropolis. Many celebrities have chosen to buy or build holiday homes in the Lindos vicinity and frequent the cafes and tavernas lining the beachfront