Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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LÍMNOS
Áyios
Harálambos
Pláka
Gomáti
Panayiá
Kabirion
(Kavírio)
Bourniá
Bay
Hephaestia
(Ifestía)
Katálakkos
Skopiá
(470m)
Salt Marsh
Atsikí
Dháfni
Kótsinas
Sardhés
Város
Karpássi
Repanídhi
Kondopoúli
Kornós
Lýkhna
Kalliópi
Áyios
Ioánnis
Áyios Dhimítrios
Livadhohóri
Kallithéa
N
Hortarolímni
Káspakas
Kéros
Thermá
Romanoú
Angariónes
Avlónas
Néa
Koútali
Allied War
Cemetery
Moúdhros
Bay
MÝRINA
(KÁSTRO)
Roussopoúli
Moúdhros
Rihá Nerá
Portianoú
Paleó
Pedhinó
Kuban
Cossacks
Cemetery
Panayía
Kakaviótissa
Kamínia
Tsimándhria
Kákavos
(360m)
Allied War
Cemetery
Kondiás
Platý
Fanaráki
Polyochni
(Polyókhni)
Dhiapóri
Paralía
Platý
Thános
Havoúli
Evgátis
(Ayios
Pávlos)
Paradhísi
(259m)
Ayía Triádha
Paralía
Thánous
Playísou
Mólos
Skopós
(344m)
Fyssíni
Fakós
Skandháli
0
5
kilometres
Lávrio, Áyios Efstrátios, Lésvos & Híos
(3 weekly; 10hr); Ikaría (1 weekly; 16hr 30min); Kavála (6
weekly; 4hr-4hr 30min); Lávrio (4 weekly; 9hr 30min);
Lésvos (3 weekly; 6hr 30min); Sámos (3 weekly; 14-15hr);
Thessaloníki (1 weekly; 8hr 30min).
GETTING AROUND
By bus
Buses are fairly infrequent on Límnos, with only
afternoon departures from Mýrina to many of the more
distant villages and only 1-2 daily to those nearer the capital.
By motorbike
A vehicle is required for touring; a
motorbike is quite sufficient for the more touristed western
third of the island, which is a blessing as cars are expensive.
Mýrina
MÝRINA
(aka Kástro), the port-capital on the west coast, has the ethos of a provincial
market town rather than of a resort. With about five thousand inhabitants, it's
pleasantly low-key, if not especially picturesque, apart from a core neighbourhood of
old stone houses dating from the Ottoman era, and the ornate Neoclassical mansions
backing
Romeïkós Yialós
, the town's beach-lined esplanade. Shops and amenities are
mostly found along Kydhá and its continuation Karatzá - which meanders north from
the harbour to Romeïkós Yialós - or Garoufalídhi, its perpendicular offshoot, roughly
halfway along.
Mýrina castle
Unrestricted access
Mýrina's main attraction is its Byzantine
castle
, perched on a craggy headland between
the ferry dock and Romeïkós Yialós. Ruinous despite later Genoese and Ottoman
additions, the fortress is flatteringly lit at night and warrants a climb towards sunset for
views over the town, the entire west coast and - in clear conditions - Mount Áthos, 35
nautical miles west. Skittish miniature deer, imported from Rhodes and fed by the
municipality, patrol the castle grounds to the amusement of visitors.
