Lesbos

Discover the beautiful Lesbos

• Archaeological Sites

  Archaeological sites, classical antiquity, roman history, byzantine history, medieval history, venetian, etc.

• Museums

  Museums, archaeological museums, byzantine museums, history museums, galleries, folklore museums, coin museums, maritime museums, war museums, etc.

• Monasteries

  Monasteries, nunneries, places of worship, etc.

• History

  One of the oldest cities in the Greek area, inhabited in the same location since its foundation, is Mytilini. Its original location was on the small island, where the castle and its foundation are placed in 1183 BC, a few years after the fall of Troy. Until the first Byzantine centuries, the area was formed by a small island, separated …

• Culture

  The holidays and festivals of Lesvos are related to the "cycle of time". This term defines the events related to the pivotal social and religious events of a calendar year, such as Christmas, New Year and Lights, Halloween, Easter, Calyx, Fifteenth of August and Nine Days of the Virgin Mary, or holidays patron-saints, with supra-local or local recognition. Most festivals …

• Activities

  The flora of the island includes 847 higher plants (angiosperms - gymnosperms) and another 17 species of angiophytes (ferns, etc.). of these, 24 species are endemic to Lesvos or the islands of the NE Aegean and Asia Minor. The endemics of Lesbos include Alyssum lesbiacum and Asperula nitida mytilinica. The fauna of Lesbos includes 304 species of vertebrates (excluding fish) …

• Sea & Mountain

  Mountain and sea, beaches, picturesque beaches, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, canyons, mountain shelters, etc.

• Information

  Travel information, weather forecast, ship schedules, bus schedules, airplane schedules, useful phone numbers, coastguard, police station, town hall, etc.