The Island of Lesvos is located in the Eastern Aegean Sea, it is 188 nautical miles from Athens and is the third largest Greek island. It covers an area of 1630 km and has a population of around 100,000.

Olive groves occupy the largest part of the island and they are planted with over 11 million olive trees. Pine forests cover 86,000 acres in the center of the island and in the west the landscape is more ascetic with rocky mountain ranges. The island’s small valleys, fresh and hot water springs, mountain ranges, caves and sandy or pebble beaches make it seem not like an island at all because of the widely varying terrain.

Evidence of Lesvos long history can be found in the Petrified Forest in Sigri with recent discoveries that prove that the island’s history goes back twenty million years. Every corner of the island holds something of interest and because the island has not lent itself to tourism like many other Greek islands have, fresh discovery by the visitor is still possible.

The most remarkable places on the island are: Plomari, famous for its ouzo and marvelous beaches Molyvos, a popular medieval town with its imposing castle Petra with its Chapel of Our Lady Glykofilousa (“sweet kiss”), which sits 114 steps high on a rock Aghiassos with its annual August 15th pilgrimage to the Church of Our Lady of Aghiassos the long sandy beach in Vatera the Perivoli Monastery, the traditional village of Vatoussa Mandamados, the home of traditional pottery and the Byzantine Monastery of Myrsiniotissa.

The Island of Lesvos consists of 13 municipalities: Mytilene (Mitilini), Aghiassos, Aghia Paraskevi, Eressos-Andissa, Evergetoullas, Yera, Kalloni, Loutropolis Thermis, Mantamados, Mythimna (Molyvos), Petra, Plomari and Polychnitos.