HOW TO GET
By air
Olympic Airways and Aegean Airlines have daily flights to Mytilene from Athens and Thessaloniki. Flying time is 40 to 50 minutes.
There are flights to Limnos every day except Fridays and Sundays.
Olympic Airways has flights to and from Samos and Rhodes every Thursday and Saturday and direct flights to and from Rhodes every Monday and Wednesday.
A one-hour flight also takes you to and from Chios every Tuesday and Thursday.
For information and reservations contact the airline offices or the various travel agencies on the island.
Olympic Airways
Main office: Tel: 210-9666666
Mytilene Airport
Tel: 22510 – 61802 / 60803
Aegean Airlines
Main office: Tel: 210-6261000 / 9988300
From mobile phone: 801-11-200000
Mytilene Airport
Tel: 22510 – 61120 / 61059
Mytilene’s Odysseus Elytis Airport is 6 kilometers south of the city on the coastal road. (Tel: 22510 – 38700)
By sea
Ships sail every day from the Port of Piraeus to the Port of Mytilene.
Piraeus Port Authority
Tel: 210-4226000
For a recorded announcement of daily departures: Tel: 1440
The following shipping lines have service to and from Piraeus and connect Lesvos with other ports and islands including Limnos, Agios Efstratios, Chios, Thessaloniki, Kavala, Volos, Mykonos, Samos, and Rhodes.
Lesvos Maritime Company
Piraeus: Tel: 210-4123185
Mytilene: Tel: 22510 – 28480 / 22220