3. LESVOS is an island in the AEGEAN SEA in GREECE LESVOS

4. “ GREY-GREEN LEAF THROWN IN THE SEA” ….says our Nobel Laureate poet Odysseas Elytis, because our island is full of olive trees and has the shape of a plane-tree leaf. (There is the village of Pamfila – 6 km away from Mytilene, the capital of Lesvos,)

5. THE CAPITAL OF LESVOS - MYTILENE

6. Lesvos island is famous for its olives groves, the mild Mediterranean climate with over 300 days of sunshine a year, charming traditional villages and remarkable examples of architecture. NEOCLASSICAL MANSIONS Lesvos island is famous for its olives groves, the mild Mediterranean climate with over 300 days of sunshine a year, charming traditional villages and remarkable examples of architecture. NEOCLASSICAL MANSIONS

7. CASTLES & OLIVE PRESSES

11. Lesvos is also known for the unique Petrified Forest (in Sigri) : 20 million-year-old fossilized (stone) trees formed by volcanic activity in the area. It is one of the rarest natural monuments in the world.

13. People on Lesvos are famous for their POTTERY AND WOODCARVINGS…

14. …AND WE ARE ALSO FAMOUS FOR OUZO AND OLIVE OIL!

15. This is our village Pamfila (meaning friends with everyone). Near the village there is alos a beautiful palm tree forest.

16. Zeus, the ‘Father’ of all Gods and people, was the God of hospitality. So, we, his ‘far’ children, welcome you to our homeland!