Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Olive Groove Travel
( 22510 37533;
www.olive-groove.gr
;
11 Pavlou Kountourioti;
7.30am-10pm)
Friendly, all-purpose travel agency on the central waterfront; sells air and
ferry tickets, including to Turkey.
Port Authority
( 22510 40827)
Port Police
( 22510 28827; waterfront)
Post Office
(Vournasson)
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South of Mytilini
The small, olive-groved peninsula south of Mytilini has several unique attractions. Fol-
lowing the coast road 7km south, opposite the airport, you'll find the long pebbled
Neapoli Beach
hosting a few chilled-out beach bars, popular with swimsuited students
and usually pulsating with reggae and Greek sounds.
In Skala Loutron, the
Museum of the Memorial of the Refugees of 1922
( 22510
91086; 5-8pm & by request)
honours Anatolia's lost Greek culture, abruptly
ended after 2000 years by the Greek-Turkish population exchanges of 1923.
Some 9km south, the peninsula wraps around to the popular sand-and-pebble
Agios
Ermogenis Beach
and
Haramida Beach
, which has toilets and showers under pine trees
on the bluff above the beach. A
campground
is located near the lovably eccentric
Karp-
ouzi Kantina
( 69779 46809)
, a drinks-and-snacks wagon named after its mascot - an
old skiff, painted like a giant watermelon. Enthusiastic owner Fanis also oversees the
campground.
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Northern Lesvos
With rolling hills covered in pine and olive trees, peaceful beaches and the aesthetically
harmonious town of Molyvos (also called Mithymna), northern Lesvos offers both
solitude and low-key resort action. Seaside hot springs and intriguing Byzantine monas-
teries round out the region's offerings.
Mantamados
MONASTERY
(
Μανταμάδος
| Monastery of Taxiarhon; Mantamados village; 8am-dusk)
Some 36km
north of Mytilini Town, near Mantamados village, stands one of Lesvos' most important
