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Between the National Bank and the town parking, this quick-stop eatery serves tasty pitta souvlaki, pork and chicken kebabs, whole and half chickens, and several small veggie plates and salads. Free delivery is another plus.


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1. Byzantine-Genoese Castle

0.13 MILES

This handsome 14th-century castle stands guard above Molyvos. A steep climb is repaid by sweeping views over the town and sea – even across to Turkey,…

2. Eftalou Beach

2.36 MILES

Eftalou Beach (also called Agii Anargyri Beach), 2km northeast of Petra, is the place for solitude seekers. Backed by a cliff, the serene, narrow pebbled…

3. Moni Taxiarhon

9.35 MILES

Around 36km north of Mytilini Town, near Mantamados village, stands one of Lesvos’ most important pilgrimage sites. An axis of Orthodoxy, myth and…

5. Theatre

12.07 MILES

A heavily restored theatre and the remains of the ancient city walls can be seen below the agora; the theatre is accessed via a gate on the winding road…

6. Apollon Smintheion

12.15 MILES

This impressive site in the village of Gülpınar includes a partially reconstructed 2nd-century-BC Temple to Apollo, two Roman baths complexes that were…

7. Hüdavendigâr Mosque

12.17 MILES

Next to the entrance to the Temple of Athena, this poorly maintained 14th-century mosque is a simple structure – a dome on squinches set on top of a…

8. Temple of Athena

12.19 MILES

Built in 540 BC on top of a 238m-high hill overlooking the Gulf of Edremit, this temple with its squat Doric columns has undergone a reconstruction that…