Welcome to the Island of Lesvos!
You are now at one of the illustrious crossroads of civilizations, a place where nature achieves greatness through its variations of green and boundless blue.
Geographically, Lesvos belongs to the North Eastern Aegean island group, and, together with the islands of Limnos and Agios Efstratios, comprises the Prefecture of Lesvos. Mytilene is the administrative headquarters and seat of the University of the Aegean. Lesvos has an area of 1,630 square kilometers, 370 kilometers of coastline, and approximately 80,000 permanent residents. It is 5 to 8 nautical miles from Turkey.