Lesvos Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea
About Lesvos
Even though they inaccurately say it is due to the erotic element in some poems by the famousSappho, instead ofLesbos(Λέσβος) it is popular to refer to the island by the name of its capital town ofMytilene(Μυτιλήνη). Spellings ofLesvosandMitiliniare widespread transliterations, reflecting the actual Greek pronunciation. Of all the islands ofGreece, Lesbos is only preceded in area byCrete(South) andEvvia(Centre). However, in terms of administration, theprefecture of Lesvoscomprises three major islands, Lesbos,Lemnosat the northwest, and the tinyAgios Efstratiosin the middle between the first two islands. Geographically, Lesbos includes two seawater gulfs, with narrow openings both to the south, that elongate the coastline and shaping the island characteristically like a fig tree orplane tre
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