‘Excellent walking guide, which, as with other Sunflower guides, gives you a few walks in every area of the island, Therefore these guides are the perfect starting point for planning any walking holiday. Lesvos was our spring holiday, this year, and the Lesvos guide was very helpful. Descriptions of the walks were correct. Directions were clear and the maps of each walk gave useful information.'

- Aberneil,

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. 

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Strap on your boots and discover Lesvos (Lesbos) on foot with the Sunflower Lesvos travel guide which includes 65 long and short walks. On the days when your feet may have had enough, enjoy some spectacular scenery on one of our 5 recommended car tours.
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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
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781856915731
Publisert
2025-11-03
Utgiver
Sunflower Books; Sunflower Books
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
115 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
144

Om bidragsyterne

Since 1983 people out walking in sunny climes have been relying on our ‘little blue books’ to follow the trails – and to make friends with other walkers. Sunflower started by exploring the Atlantic Islands, but has branched out: we still love islands – from the Azores to Zakynthos – but we cover many mainland destinations too, like land-locked Switzerland and the coastal Basque Country. All our guides have the familiar mix of car tours, walks and picnics. More recently, we introduced restaurants and recipes in our ‘Walk & Eat’ series, which explores around cities from Stockholm to Avignon.