Lesvos island

"At the eastern end of Greece, the Aegean Sea retains its fascinating nature, challenging you to explore it and enjoy an authentic Greek location.With its warm Greek hospitality, the pure local products and the unique natural beauty, the most uncharted area, unspoilt by tourism, invites you and dares you to explore it."

Lesvos belongs to the islands of the Eastern Aegean Sea and it's the third largest Greek island after Crete and Euboea. It occupies an area of 1,630 square Km and its coastline stretches for about 370 km.

The climate of Lesvos is mild and salubrious : the winter is warm and the sun shines during all the seasons of the year.

Mytilene is the capital of Lesvos.

The Municipality of Mytilene consists of the villages Agia Marina, Taxiarches, Loutra, Panagiouda, Moria, Alyfanta, Afalonas, Pamphila and the city of Mytilene.

It has about 25000 inhabitants.

Impressive buildings of a neo-classic architecture, historical monuments, unique archaeological treasures, and the natural hot springs compose a rich cultural context.

In the centre of Mytilene we will find the Ministry of the Aegean Sea, the Regional Administration of the North Aegean Sea and the Central Administration of the University of the Aegean Sea.

The centre of the town is divided into three main parts: Kioski, which is a very beautiful suburb, the central old neighbourhoods and the west neighbourhoods

Kioski, the old aristocratic suburb of Mytilini where we can find the new Archaeological Museum, is not far away from the Enetic Castle.

The Castle was situated on the isolated, by the channel of Euripus, part of Mytilini and seemed like a small island.

Important ruins of ancient and roman structures are also discovered in the north part of Mytilini. Along the coast the visitor has the possibility to enjoy an interesting stroll, during which he will have the chance to admire the mansion, where the old Archaeological Museum is established, the beach that belongs to the Greek Touristic Organism ,the small and clean beach, called " t' apeili", and above that, on a small hill among the pine trees, the bust of Sapho, the poetess, worked out artistically and given to the Municipality of Mytilini by the American artist Erietta Fors.