Smitaki on Boulevard news Lesvos
May 18 – No summer, only nasty animals Last week I wanted to make a cup of tea and reached for the teapot. The pot was very nearly dropped and broken into thousands of pieces when I saw what it was hiding when I picked it up: a dark brown snake (well, I admit, it […]
Walk and Bike in Northern Lesvos
This map is also available in printed form at the Tourism Association office in Molyvos. [flipgorilla flipbook=’9′]
Steve Dudley on The Magic of Lesvos
Although spring has been in fill swing now for some weeks, the spring migration of birders doesn’t occur until the third week of April when the charter flights begin flying. So, from 19 April the Kalloni area will be swarming with newly arrived birders, eager to drink in all the new sights and sounds of […]
Exploring the Island’s Caves
A significant part of the island is made up of limestone rocks, thus forming approximately 192 caves, of which the majority are quite small. Several of the caves contain stalactites, whereas findings of significant value such as natural wells have been discovered in others. Each of the caves have been subject to the reverence of […]
The Watermills of Ligonas
At the foot of Mount Lepetymnos and just above the man-made well of Molyvos, you will find yourself walking amidst treasures of nature. Known as Ligona, this breathtaking landscape, a ravine with 18 watermills, was bursting with life until 1960. The ravine was the source of life for the neighboring villages by grinding their crops […]
How to get to Lesvos
Lesvos, the third largest Greek island, lies at the north-eastern part of the Aegean Sea, opposite the coast of Asia Minor and the town of Ayvalik. The main port of Lesvos is in Mytilene, the capital of the island, which is an hours’ drive from Molyvos. There are boat connections with Piraeus, Thessalonica, Kavala, Alexandroupoli, […]
Molyvos & Tourism
Social tourism and Michalakis Goutos It was during the 1950s and 1960s that Molyvos became an experimental centre for the implementation of a new model for development planning. This model was to place emphasis on qualitative characteristics such as maintaining and saving its architectural, environmental and cultural identity combined with mild tourist growth and quality […]
Molyvos in History
Ancient times The name of the settlement is pre-Hellenic. Dating back to the third millennium B.C., its name has been imprinted on coins at times as Mathimna or Mythimni manifesting the great power and fame of the city as early as the 7th century B.C. Built in groups of small settlements, it bears the name […]
Steve Dudley on Birding on Lesvos
January isn’t a time for tourists and birders to visit the island. Many of the summer resorts, hotels, tavernas are shut up, their hard-working owners and staff on their winter breaks. It’s cold outside, and apart from snowball fights ‘if’ it snows, the local residents prefer to wrap up indoors. But the island is alive […]
