LESBOS | Sunflower hiking guide

hiking guide

The go-to Lesvos travel guide for discovering the best walks and car tours.

Strap on your boots and discover Lesvos (Lesbos) on foot with the Sunflower Lesvos travel guide. And on the days when your feet may have had enough, enjoy some spectacular scenery on one of our legendary car tours.

Inside the Sunflower Lesvos guide book you'll find:

• 65 long and short walks for all ages and abilities - each walk is graded so you can easily match your ability to the level of walk
• New shorter walks added - ideal for birdwatching and botanists
• Topographical walking maps - give you a clear sense of the surrounding terrain with a scale of 1:50 000
• Free downloadable gps tracks - for the techies
• Satnav guidance to walk starts for motorists
• 5 car tours and fold-out touring map - for easy reference on your tour
• Strolls to idyllic picnic spots - enjoy our recommendations for where to picnic along the way
• Timetables for public transport - ideal if you want to link two walks or avoid hiring a car on your holiday
• Online update service for the latest information

We cover coastal walks and the interior, including around Mt Olympos, showing trekking routes of varying difficulty, all of which are mapped in detail.

Many of the hikes on this unspoilt island are circular, with highlights including 7th-century BC remains, a petrified forest and chestnut and oak forests.