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ΛΉΜΝΟΣ Gornáti Límno s Pláka
Beach
~ 22 km (14 miles) NE of Mýrina g Mýrina @ Plateía Kída, Mýrina n Town 430 m (1,410 ft) Sardés Dáfni Karpási Atsikí Hephaistia Kabeirio
Propoúli
EXPERIENCE The Northeast Aegean Islands and has long been famous for its excellent wine and beaches. Although Kavála, Mýrina Beach Platý Kornós Evátis Portianoú International Város Commonwealth Kondopoúli
Hall, on the waterfront, Mýrina; 22543 50000
Katálakko
Mount Skopiá
The mythological landing place of Hephaistos, the god of metalworking
cast out of Olympus, volcanic Límnos prospered under various occupiers
Káspakas
there is a military presence on the island, it's an incredibly peaceful place.
Repanídi
Kalliópi
Livadohóri
Límnos
Airport
Romanó
Keros Beach
Néa Koútali
with Ottoman calligraphy,
the nearby town of Poliohne
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from which delicious potable
is repre sented by a number
Roussopoúli
Mýrina
of decorative articles and
water can still be drawn.
Kondiás
Moúdros
Sprawling between two sandy
some bronze tools.
Housed in a 19th-century
Cemetery
Lávrio, Lésvos
bays at the foot of a rocky
mansion behind Romeïkós
The town is overshadowed
Thános
Platý
Poliohne
promontory, Mýrina is a
by the formidable kástro,
Gialós, the Archaeological
Beach
Mount Paradeísi
pleasant island capital, with
Stevi
from the four main cities of
This fortress was, in turn,
cobbled streets and imposing,
an ancient acropolis and a
ancient Límnos. The most
late-Ottoman houses, a
265 m (865 ft)
Fisíni
45 km (28 miles)
reminder of the long period of
Byzantine fort, fought over
prestigious items, however,
Ottoman occupation. The Museum displays artifacts spread across the headland. Ágios Efstrátios Beach Beach Mount Fakós 260 m (850 ft) Skandáli Makrys Gialos Beach
have been sent to Athens,
and refurbished by Venetians
Louri Beach
most ornate of these cluster leaving a collection made up and Genoese until the island
behind the northerly beach, of compelling ceramic was taken by Ottomans in
Romeïkós Gialós, which is also exhibits, including a pair of 1478. Though dilapidated, the
a nightlife hub. The only votive lamps in the form of kástro makes a rewarding
explicitly Turkish relic is sirens from the temple at evening climb for beautiful
a fountain on Kydá, inscribed Hephaistia. Metalwork from views over western Límnos.
The south beach in the
town, Néa Máditos extends
beyond the port with its
quayside tavernas.
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Kondiás
⌂ 11 km (7 miles) E of
Mýrina @ n 22260 23500
Southeast from Mýrina, the
road leads to Kondiás, the
third-largest settlement on
Límnos, sited between two
volcanic outcrops supporting
pine woods. Sturdy, red-tiled
houses combine with the
landscape to make this an
appealing inland village.
The bay of Moúdros was the
Commonwealth headquarters
during the ill-fated 1915
Dusk falling on Mýrina’s
kástro and the beach of
Romeïkós Gialós
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