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e until the king’s daughter fell
in love with him and opened
Mandamádos the gates – though Achilles
Μανταμάδος killed her for her treachery. EAT
There is little remaining of
⌂ 36 km (22 miles) NW of the ancient town, apart from
Mytilíni n 22530 61203 @
the tombs exca vated near the Ermis
This attractive village is known tourist office, but its ancient A great place to taste
for its pottery industry and name, Míthymna, has been ouzo and feast on
the adjacent Moní Taxiarhón. revived and is used as an mezedes such as stuffed
The existing monastery dates alternative to Mólyvos. courgette flowers.
from the 17th century and Before 1923 over a third of ⌂ Ermou, Mytilíni
houses a black icon of the the population was Muslim, § 22510 26232
Archangel Michael, reputedly who built many sumptuous ¡¡¡
made from mud and the town houses and graced
blood of monks slaughtered Mólyvos with a dozen street
in an Ottoman raid. A bull is fountains. The mansions, or Balouhanas
sacrificed here on the third arhondiká, are influenced by Grilled fish is the
Sunday after Easter and its Eastern architecture; the living speciality at this
meat eaten in a communal spaces are arranged on the taverna, which has a
stew. Mantamádos ceramics top floor around a central deck over the water.
come in a range of sizes and stairwell, or hagiáti. One, the ⌂ North end of
colours, from giant pythária Komninaki-Kralli mansion, has the seafront, Pérama
(olive oil containers) to smaller fine murals upstairs, and may § 22510 51948
koumária (ceramic water jugs). be visited. ¡¡¡
Overlooking the town, with
splendid views of the Turkish The Captain’s Table
r coast, is a Byzantine kástro. A huge range of grilled
Modified by the Genoese
Mólyvos (Míthymna) adventurer Francesco Gatelluzi meat and fish, plus
Μόλυβος (Μήθυμνα) in 1373, the castle fell to the plenty of local wine.
Ottomans in 1462. Restored in ⌂ Volissós harbour
⌂ 61 km (38 miles) NW of 1995, it still retains its wood- § 22530 71241
Mytilíni @ n 22530 71313
and-iron medieval door and a ¡¡¡
Mólyvos was the birthplace calligraphic inscription over
of Arion, the 7th-century-BC the lintel. In summer, it often Zorba the Buddha
poet, and the site of the grave serves as a concert venue. A sociable place, with a
of Palamedes, the Achaian A boatyard operates at tasty range of meals.
warrior buried by Achilles. the fishing harbour, which
According to legend, the remains from the days when ⌂ Eastern seafront,
Skála Eressoú
Greek hero besieged the city Mólyvos was a major port.
§ 22530 53777
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