Lesvos Cycling Tour: Lesvos

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Cycling Lesvos Island in 13 days.

Hi guys first of all my English isn't good so sorry.
My name is Stelios! I decide a day to do the tour of Lesvos island.
I choose Lesvos because i can do a Tour and no pass from the same rout again, also as island have many different landscapes and nature to see. From the big areas with olives trees, to the deserts places and to big forests with a plenty of waters!
I made this blog to share my moments on this island and help others.
It was great experience.

I did this trip in the middle of the summer 15 July - 28 July, the temperatures was around 40C , but this isnt problem because the first week i was lucky with the strong winds at 8 boffor speed. (That wanst also good when i had to faced it!)


Foto from Agiasso

Day 9 Nifida - Polihnitos - Vatera

KM 27.42, Triptime 2h.02m Avg speed 13,47

I passed my night at Nifida's beach. It wasn't something there to see it was little bit bored. I search for a place to camp asking people where can i. I had one option about a small church out of the village, but warned me about the snakes and the loneliness there. So i decide to camp at my second option at the end of the beach. This evening i had lost one of gloves and i was very nervous about searching it about an hour.
So woke up the morning i prepare my coffee and my breakfast and took the road to Polihnitos!
And the surprise was that i found my glove on the road, near at pavement down from a stone.
Someone found it and left it there, so i wrote a note and left it down from the stone where a describe my thanks. God bless him :)

When i arrive at Polihnitos i took a rest after the ascend from nifida and ask people where is the hot springs of Polihnitos.

It was 1km out of the town so i went there to take my bath :P
It was fantastic the water was so hot about 42 Celsius and told that these springs are from the Europe best springs. Polihnitos Hot Springs.
I stayed there until 5-6 o clock the evening! i did many baths and also i had a fast food there and a coffee.
Thanks the persons where work there, was so kind and help full. (Thanks to Afroditi there)
At the evening started for the Famous beach of Vatera. It was full of people and beach bars.
Took a rest in one of these and drink a coffee and did my regular evening swim.
At night i search for a place to sleep and cycled about 3km to plormari direction, and found a place with few trees near the beach and opposite a Hotel. I found there Italians with caravans. I asked them where can i camp but they didn't speak English and they was little bit scary. So i left them to find alone the night spot!
Actually i found a good place but there was an another guy where also camp ith his aiora.
This guy toured the island by a kayak. (Kostas Kayak Guy, thanks mate for everything! )

Nifida night camp.

the same.

Hamam at Polihnitos

Day 10 Vatera beach - Aghiasos

Km 45.27, Trip time 3h 58m, Avg Speed 11.53 km/h.

Little bit difficult ascend because Agiasos is the most hilly village on the island, near at mountain Olympos with high 1000 meters!

I woke late near 10 o clock and goodbye Kostas with his kayak. I did all my prepares and started again back to Vatera after Polihnitos and after took the road to Agiasos.
Agiasos is the most graphical village on the island and the most beautiful!
It reminds you old times!
I did a stop for rest at a kiosk, where i found there some vegetables! And i cooked my pasta with them!
Its was a fireman spot, and they came after and drink coffee and talk about my trip.
I goodbye them and after took he rest road to my destination.
At the road stop at a very small village, around 5 houses at an old cafe to drink Greek cofee with homemade fruit sweet.
And after started to Agiasos.
Finally arrive at Agiasos at evening, and it was time to find some food and a place to camp!

i did walks at the village asking people where can i camp and i bought some cheese traditional and a bread for my dinner.

At the end i didn't found a place to camp so i decide to pas my night at a very beautiful churchyard.
At night the electricity went off, we had a black out, so i decide to go a walk by night.
I seat a tavern where they had generator for electricity so they had music , and i ordered some cold beers.
After went for sleep, bench sleep.