Full Description
The go-to Lesvos travel guide for discovering the best walks and car tours.
Strap on your boots and discover Lesvos (Lesbos) on foot with the Sunflower Lesvos travel guide. And on the days when your feet may have had enough, enjoy some spectacular scenery on one of our legendary car tours.
Inside the Sunflower Zakynthos guide book you'll find:
65 long and short walks for all ages and abilities - each walk is graded so you can easily match your ability to the level of walk
New shorter walks added - ideal for birdwatching and botanists
Topographical walking maps - give you a clear sense of the surrounding terrain with a scale of 1:50 000
Free downloadable gps tracks - for the techies
Satnav guidance to walk starts for motorists
5 car tours and fold-out touring map - for easy reference on your tour
Strolls to idyllic picnic spots - enjoy our recommendations for where to picnic along the way
Timetables for public transport - ideal if you want to link two walks or avoid hiring a car on your holiday
Online update service for the latest information
We cover coastal walks and the interior, including around Mt Ólympos, showing trekking routes of varying difficulty, all of which are mapped in detail.
Many of the hikes on this unspoilt island are circular, with highlights including 7th-century BC remains, a petrified forest and chestnut and oak forests.
Whether you tour the region by car or explore on foot, we've got some glorious walks and tours to share and we look forward to showing you around.
Contents
Preface 5
Acknowledgements 8
Getting about 9
Further reading 9
A country code for walkers and motorists 10
Touring 11
Picnicking 13
Car tour 1: WAY OUT WEST AND PETRIFIED 14
Car tour 2: THE NORTHERN SCENE - MONASTERIES, MONOLITHS AND MARAUDERS 19
Short walks for motorists (Skala Sikaminias) 22
Pentapolis 24
Car tour 3: AGIASSOS AND THE TWO GULFS 25
Cheeses 26
Short walk for motorists: the Kasteli from Agiassos 27
Short walk for motorists: the Pesas Waterfalls 28
Car tour 4: MYTILENE — EASTERN PROMISE 32
Plan of Mytilene 36
Walking tour around Mytilene 37
Car tour 5: A WETLANDS WANDERING 38
Hot springs 39
Walking 42
The walks 43
Grading, waymarking, maps, GPS 43
Weather 44
Walk wisely 44
Photography 45
Things that bite or sting 45
Where to stay 46
Greek for walkers 48
Organisation of the walks 49
THE WALKS (n see explanation of symbols on page 43)
1 Karini circuit 50
2 Loutra • Koundouroudia • Skala Loutron circuit 53
3 Thermi circuit via Panagia 55
Tower houses 57
4 Lambou Mili • Roman aqueduct • Karini • Lambou Mili 58
5 Circuit from Ag Dimitrios via Agiassos and Karini 61
6 Two circuits from Ag Anargyri 64
7 Circuit from Agiassos via the Sanatorio 67
8 Ascent of Mount Olympos 71
9 Agiassos • Asomatos • Agiassos — eastern circuit 74
10 Southern ridge circuit from the Sanatorio 76
11 Asomatos mountain circuit 78
12 Ag Anargyri • Asomatos • Ag Anargyri 80
13 Ag Anargyri • saddle above Mixou • Ag Anargyri 83
14 Mixou — Ag Theologos circuit 85
15 Paleohori circuit 87
16 Circuit from Skamnioudi via Lisvori 89
17 Circuit from Vatera via Paleopyrgos and Vrissa 93
Some reptiles and mammals on Lesvos 94
18 Circuit from Vatera via Profitis Ilias and Cape Fokas 97
19 Exploring Molyvos 100
20 Petra • Petri • Molyvos • Petra 103
21 Skala Sikaminias from Eftalou 107
22 Alexander's circuit 110
23 Circuit from Petra via Lafionas 112
24 Ag Paraskevi • Klopedi Temple • Moni Taxiarchis • Ag Paraskevi 115
25 Moni Mirsiniotis • Moni Limonas • Metochi • Kalloni 118
26 Moni Limonas circuit 121
27 From Anemotia to Skala Kallonis 124
28 Anemotia circuit 127
29 Anaxos to Ambelia Beach 130
30 Skala Eresou (Eressos) circuit 132
Index 135
Bus information 136
Fold-out island map inside back cover
