TRAVEL TO MYTILENE

Mytilene (or Lesvos) is an island located in the north east part of Greece, in the Aegean sea. The island can be reached by airplane and by ferry boat. To reach various destinations on the island there are also buses.

    By airplane

The island has regular connection to Athens or Thessaloniki with Aegean Air (member of Star Alliance), Olympic Air and Astra Airlines. For those who want to visit Athens as well, then the first alternative is most suitable.

Below you may find links for flights to Mytilene island:

a. From Athens or Thessaloniki:

The duration of the flight is about 45 minutes.

b. From Heraklion, Crete:

c. Other origins:

During the summer period there are many regular and charter connections to Mytilene, mainly from other European cities:

The airport is located 6 km from the city center. Local bus and taxi are available.

Some useful information for Mytilene airport can be found here.

You may use skyscanner flights search engine, to help you find the best flight combination for you.

From Athens airport to Mytiline airport
September 03 and September 04, 2018

  • OA 250  ΑTHENS 05:30 MYTILINE 06:20
  • OA 252  ATHENS 11:10 MYTILINE 12:00
  • OA 254  ATHENS 20:40 MYTILINE 21:30

From Mytiline airport to Athens airport
September 07 and September 08, 2018

  • OA 251  MYTILINE 06:55 ATHENS 07:45
  • OA 253  MYTILINE 09:50 ATHENS 10:40
  • OA 255  MYTILINE 22:05 ATHENS 22:55

    By ferry boat

You can approach Mytilene by boat, crossing the Aegean Sea. A nice experience of a cruise, however more time consuming. All boats arrive in the main port of Mytilene, directly in the city center. Below are links to find information about the regular connections to Mytilene:

a. From Piraeus, Chios, Samos and Kavala:

Usually the ferry boats depart in the evening from Piraeus and they arrive early in the morning in Mytilini. Typical travel duration is 11 hours.

b. From Ayvalik, Turkey:

More information can be found in the folowing links:

IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION FOR THE PARTICIPANTS FROM TURKEY

Boat Ayvalik - Mytilini - Ayvalik

The cost of the ticket is 30 Euros. If you buy it online is 25. After a communication of Ege Univ. with JALE TOURS, they offer the tickets for 20 Euros, especially for the participants of AITAE 2018.

From Piraeus port to Mytiline port
September 03, 2018

  • BOAT "Nissos Chios" – Hellenic Sea Ways
    Departure from Piraeus Port at 20:00 Arrival in Mytiline Port at 07:40* (next day)- Duration: 11h 40min

September 04, 2018

  • BOAT "Nissos Mykonos" – Hellenic Sea Ways
    Departure from Piraeus Port at 07:35 Arrival in Mytiline Port at 22:10 - Duration: 14h 30min
  • BOAT "Nissos Rhodos" – Hellenic Sea Ways
    Departure from Piraeus Port at 21:00 Arrival in Mytiline Port at 07:45* next day - Duration: 10h 45min

From Piraeus port to Mytiline port
September 07, 2018

  • BOAT "Nissos Rhodos" – Hellenic Sea Ways
    Departure from Mytiline Port at 09:00 Arrival in Piraeus Port at 19:45 - Duration: 10h 45min
  • BOAT "Nissos Samos" – Hellenic Sea Ways
    Departure from Mytiline Port at 21:00 Arrival in Piraeus Port at 08:25* (next day) - Duration: 11h 25min

September 08, 2018

  • BOAT "Nissos Rhodos" – Hellenic Sea Ways
    Departure from Mytiline Port at 10:00 Arrival in Piraeus Port at 20:45 - Duration: 10h 45min