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LESVOS
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Lesvos,
Greece's third largest island
Capital
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Mitilini
Visit.:
Archaeological
Museum
Cathedral dedicated to St. Athanassios, Agios Therapontas
and Agii Theodori, which has wonderful wood carvings and
icons.
Museum Library housing the "Great Books", done by
Picasso ; Matisse , Chagall , Leger
and other famous 20th century artists.
Mantamados .: fine pottery , wood carvings and
delicious local cheeses.
Monastery of
Taxi arch .: possesses the only relief portrait of the Archangel in the
Orthodox world.
Skala Sikamias .: picturesque fishing harbor with a
chapel dedicated to Virgin Gorgona
Molivos
or Mithimna.:
the island's best known resort and artists' colony,
whose mediaeval castle and traditional architecture give it
a distinctive atmosphere.
Agiassos
.: this attractive village has kept its old flavor
and the fame of its pottery and wood carving has traveled
well beyond Greece. It also has an Ecclesiastical and Folk
Art Museum and a Reading Society with a theatre and a good
sized library. Don't miss the Church of the Virgin (Panagia)
with its collection of Agia Paraskevi, .: a market town with old mansions, is known for its curious
Festival of the Bull, celebrated since 1774.
Klopedi .:
remains of the ancient Aeolian temple of Napaios
Apollo
Messa
.:
ruins of a big Ionian temple (late 4th-early 3rd
century B.C.),
Kaloni, .: modern
town and transportation hub, famed for the anchovies and
shellfish caught in its bay. Its port, Skala Kalonis, is a
thriving summer resort with a long sandy beach.
Sigri .:
a pretty fishing port with a lovely beach and an 18th
century fortress. Not far from here is the island's
celebrated Petrified Forest, dating back some fifteen
million years. The fossilized trunks, some fallen, so me
still erect, some in the sea, are unusual for the brilliance
and diversity of their colours.
Vatera
and Plomari .: second
largest town, famed for its exceptional ouzo and interesting
architecture.
Lesvos
abounds in mineral springs, where health spas have been
developed, as at the Gulf of Gera, Thermi, Lisvori, Gulf of
Gera, Thermi, Lisvori, Eftalou, Polichnitos, etc.
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Lesbos is famous
for SARDINES
and OUZO ***
The Island is big , we recommend to rent a car |
