点评:Lindos, the place where, from a distance, everything looks perfect. Up close… not quite the same story.
Let’s take them one by one.
1. The village. From afar, it looks peaceful, authentic, almost like a postcard from “the good old Greece.” Step inside, though, and the postcard turns into a bazaar: narrow streets crammed with stalls and souvenir shops (most of them peddling glittery plastic “treasures” at luxury-boutique prices). Add in the endless flow of tourists and you get more chaos than charm. As for the taverns? Well, they’re packed to the brim and the prices are way above the prices charged in Rhodes town, for example.
2. The medieval castle and acropolis ruins. From below, the sight is trully breathtaking. But after queuing for hours, the magic evaporates fast. Inside, the “restorations” look like the backdrop of a student film project with a very, very limited budget.
3. St. Paul’s Beach (Paralia Agios Pavlos). Famous, photogenic, social-media-perfect… if you only look at it from above. On the ground, though, it’s a different picture: a tiny strip of sand where every square centimeter is claimed, boats that stir up mud right next to swimmers, and exorbitant prices for the sunbeds (starting from 50-60 euro and reaching well over 100 euro).
4. The main beach of Lindos (split into Lindos and Pallas). Again, from the fortress, the bay looks like a scene painted by an impressionist artist: calm water, boats gliding in and out. But go down and reality paints in darker colors: murky water, noise everywhere, bodies crammed together like sardines, and, yes, the ever-present overpriced sunbeds.
5. And, even if we had accepted all of the above, the sight of dozens of exhausted, thirsty donkeys and mules forced to carry tourists under a blazing 40-degree sun was more than enough to ruin the entire experience.
翻译:林多斯,远观一切完美无瑕。近观……却截然不同。
让我们一一细数。
1. 村庄。远观宁静祥和,宛如一张来自“古老希腊”的明信片。然而,走进村庄,明信片却变成了一个集市:狭窄的街道上挤满了摊位和纪念品商店(大多数都以奢侈品的价格兜售着闪闪发光的塑料“珍宝”)。再加上络绎不绝的游客,喧嚣的景象远胜于魅力。至于那些酒馆?它们挤满了人,价格也远高于罗德镇等城市的房价。
2. 中世纪城堡和卫城遗址。从下方俯瞰,景色令人叹为观止。但排了几个小时的队之后,这份魔力很快就消失了。在里面,那些“修复”的遗迹看起来就像一个预算极其有限的学生电影项目的背景。
3. 圣保罗海滩(Paralia Agios Pavlos)。如果你只从高处俯瞰,它声名远扬、上镜入镜、简直是社交媒体的完美选择。然而,在地面上,它却是另一番景象:一小片沙地,每一平方厘米都已被占领,船只在游泳者旁边搅起泥浆,日光浴床的价格高得离谱(50-60欧元起,最高甚至超过100欧元)。
4. 林多斯主海滩(分为林多斯和帕拉斯)。同样,从堡垒俯瞰,海湾就像一幅印象派画家笔下的风景:平静的水面,船只穿梭其中。但潜入水中,现实的色彩却更加黯淡:浑浊的海水,到处都是噪音,人们像沙丁鱼一样挤在一起,当然,还有无处不在的高价日光浴床。
5. 而且,即使我们接受了上述所有情况,看到几十头筋疲力尽、口渴难耐的驴子和骡子在40度的烈日下被迫驮着游客,也足以毁掉整个体验。