lesvos travel guide

Vasilika, Lisvorio & Polichnítos After the junction for Aghiasos, the main road to Polichnios climbs from a landscape of olives to one of rocky gorges and pine-woods, passing (33km from [...]

Lesvos Travel Guide – Best of Lesvos Island: History, beaches, places to visit & more.   …Lesbos has a predominantly rural character, uncommon for an Aegean island. The central [...]

The east shore of the gulf of Kalloní North of the tranquil harbour of Skala Polichnitou extends an area of salt marshes, frequented by a variety of migrating birds and breeding waders. Greater [...]

LESBOS Lesbos has a predominantly bucolic character, uncommon for an Aegean island. The central valleys and slopes carpeted as far as the eye can see with olive trees, the unusually tranquil [...]

The sanctuary of Mesa Five and a half kilometres north of Pyrrha, the road re joins the main Mytilene to Kalloni­ road. Less than a kilo metre east of this junction, a track north leads 400m to [...]

History Myrina, Queen of the Amazons, in her conquering campaigns in the Eastern Mediterranean, seized Lesbos and ‘founded the city of Mytilene, which was named after her sister who took part in [...]

The aqueduct at Lambou Myli East from Mesa, the main road back to Mytilene crosses the ridge of forested hills which separates the two large gulfs; from just above Lambou Myli, it affords [...]

Mytilene: The harbours and Ermou StreetThe present lay-out of the city of Mytilene is substantially different from its form in Antiquity. Today ferries arrive in the main harbour, south of the [...]

Molyvos ‘Molyvos’ is a Hellenisation of the town’s Turkish name ‘Molova’. For this reason some prefer that the town be called today by its ancient name, ‘Methymna’; but even that, in turn, is a [...]

The Archaeological Museums The island’s archaeological collections are housed in two separate buildings: the Old Archaeological Museum, in a 1920s mansion on the corner of 8th November and Argyri [...]