Travel Reference
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From Mytilini's
long-distance bus station
( 22510 28873; El Venizelou)
, near Agias
Irinis Park, one to two daily buses serve Skala Eresou (€10.90, 2½ hours) via Eresos; two
to three serve Molyvos (Mithymna; €6.90, 1¾ hours) via Petra (€6.40, 1½ hours); and
one reaches Sigri (€10.40, 2½ hours). Three daily buses serve Plomari (€4.50, 1¼ hours),
three serve Agiasos (€2.90, 45 minutes) and three end at Vatera (€7, 1½ hours), the latter
via Polyhnitos. Travelling between these smaller places often requires changing in Kal-
loni, which receives three daily buses from Mytilini (€4.50, one hour). Also, five daily
buses go north from Mytilini Town to Moni Taxiarhon (€4.10, one hour). Mytilini's
local
bus station
(Pavlou Kountourioti)
, near Plateia Sapphou, serves in-town destinations and
nearby Loutra, Skala Loutron and Tahiarhis.
CAR & MOTORCYCLE
Two local companies,
Discover Rent-a-Car
( 6936057676; Venezi 3; 7:30am-10pm)
and
Billy's Rentals
( 6944759716; waterfront; 7:30am-10pm)
have good new cars and
flexible service. For scooters and motorcycles, check along Pavlou Kountourioti.
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Mytilini TownΜυτιλήνη
POP 29,650
Lesvos' port and major town, Mytilini, is a lively student town with great eating and
drinking options, plus eclectic churches and grand 19th-century mansions and museums.
Indeed, the remarkable Teriade Museum boasts paintings by Picasso, Chagall and Ma-
tisse, along with home-grown Theofilos. In fact, the island is known in equal parts for its
poets and painters, its olive oil and ouzo.
Ferries dock at the northeastern end of the curving waterfront thoroughfare, Pavlou
Kountourioti, where most of the action is centred. Handmade ceramics, jewellery and
traditional products are sold on and around the main shopping street, Ermou, and there
are many fine
ouzeries
and student-fuelled bars to enjoy.
