Travel Information for Lesvos Island (Lesbos)
Travellers have two very easy ways of reaching Lesvos Island ... they can travel by plane or by ferry.
Flights to Lesvos Island
All flights to Lesvos Island are to Mytilini International Airport "Odysseas Elytis" (MJT). There are direct charter flights from the UK, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and Holland. Direct Charter planes fly directly to the island airport of Mytilini which means you do not have to fly via Athens. However, these are only available on certain days of the week and may limit your travel options.
More information on Direct Charter Flights can be found here: Direct Charter flights to Lesvos
Another way of reaching Mytilini International Airport are the Domestic Scheduled flights. There are Domestic Scheduled flights from Athens International Airport up to 7 times per day. These flights take just 50 minutes to reach Mytilini. There are also Domestic Scheduled flights from Thessaloniki International airport to Mytilini.
More information on Domestic connections and how to book your flight tickets can be found here: Domestic Scheduled flights to Lesvos
Ferries to Lesvos Island
You can travel to Lesvos Island by taking a ferry to the harbour of Mytilini. There are daily ferries leaving from Pireaus (West Athens) to Mytilini Harbour. The journey time is 12 hours and is usually overnight. The ship leaves Pireaus in the evening and arrives in Mytilini early the next morning. In high summer there are a few "fast ferries" to Mytilini, the journey time of these ferries is between 6,5 and 8,5 hours.
You can also travel to the smaller port of Sigri (Western coast of Lesvos) from Lavrio. Lavrio (South of Athens) is only 15 km's from the new Athens International airport and is only an 8.5 hour journey to Sigri.
Lesvos is also connected by ferry to Thessaloniki (Northern Greece) and Ayvalik (Turkey) as well as to other Greek island such as Chios and Limnos.
More information on Ferry connections to Lesvos Island can be found here: Ferries to Lesvos
Taxi Transfers
Skala Eressos is located 100km away from Mytilini. From the airport or the harbour we can organise a taxi transfer for you. The taxi driver will meet you at the airport or harbour holding a sign with your name on it and he will bring you to Skala Eressos. The journey takes 1 hour and half and the price for 2007 is set to 70 euro one way from the airport and 65 euro one way from the harbour.
