| How
to get
By
Plane
The
airport (tel. 0030 22510 61490 or 003022510 61590) is 3km south of Mitilini;
there's no bus to the town, and a taxi will cost about 5€. Olympic Airways
tel. 0030 2801044444 has several flights daily to Mitilini from Athens.
There are connections with Thessaloniki daily; with Limnos three times
weekly; and with Hios twice weekly. The Olympic office in Mitilini (tel.
22510/28-660) is at Kavetsou 44,
Aegean
Cronus Airlines (tel. 0030 210 9982888 in Athens), with an office at the
Mitilini airport (tel. 0030 22510 61120), also has three flights daily
between Athens and Mitilini, and one or two flights daily between Thessaloniki
and Mitilini.
By
Boat
The
principal port of Lesvos is Mitilini, and almost all the ferries arrive
and depart from here, although there is some ferry traffic through the
west coast port of Sigri. There's one ferry daily to Mitilini from Piraeus,
stopping at Hios (10-12 hr.); there are also several ferries weekly from
Rafina to Sigri (9 hr.). There are daily boats in both directions between
Mitilini and Hios (3 hr.), and four ferries weekly from Mitilini to Limnos
(6-7 hr.); there are also two ferries weekly between Sigri and Limnos (4
1/2 hr.). Two boats call weekly to Mitilini from Kavala (10 hr.) and Thessaloniki
(10-13 hr.), stopping at Limnos on the way; there's also one ferry a week
from Siros (9 hr.) |
