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Northeastern Aegean

Why Go? & the Fourni The wildly varied northeastern (Τα Νησιά Islands ...... 389 του Βορειοανατολικού Αιγαίου) invite intrepid travellers ...... 399 to escape the crowds, while experiencing old-fashioned ...... 409 island cuisine, culture and celebrations. Inousses ...... 417 Eccentric Ikaria is marked by dramatic landscapes, ...... 418 pristine beaches and a laid-back, left-leaning population. Nearby Chios is an ecotourism paradise, provides fertile Lesvos (Mytilini) ...... 420 ground for the planet’s only gum-producing trees. Limnos ...... 432 The islands range from sprawling Lesvos, ’s third- ...... 436 largest island and producer of half the world’s ouzo, to mid- Samothraki ...... 437 size islands like sultry Samos and breezy Limnos, and bright Sanctuary of the specks in the sea like Inousses and Psara. Samothraki is Great Gods ...... 439 home to the ancient Thracian Sanctuary of the Great Gods. ...... 441 This group is less compact than other Greek island chains. Thasos and Samothraki are only accessible from ports, while Ikaria is just a skip across the water from . Lesvos, Chios and Samos off er easy Best Places to Eat connections to ’s coastal resorts and historical sites. » Restaurant Koralli (p 393 ) » O Kipos (p 402 ) When to Go » O Ermis (p 423 ) Vathy Sámos » Betty’s (p 427 ) °C/°F Temp Rainfall inches/mm 40/104 0.79/20 » O Lefkos Pyrgos (p439 ) 30/86 0.39/15 Best Places to 20/68 0.2/5 Stay 10/50 » Rooms Dionysos (p 394 ) 0/32 0 » Archipelagos Hotel (p 398 ) J FDNOSAJJMAM » Kouitou Hotel (p 429 ) Apr & May Wild Jul & Aug Succu- Oct & Nov » Alkaios Rooms (p 423 ) red poppies lent apricots are Summer crowds adorn the back in season, perfect evaporate, and roads, and Greek for a picnic at the hearty soups Easter livens up beach. return to the every village. . Kušadasî Vathy (Samos) (20km); Îzmir (p 445 ) To (90km); E87 Bergama SEA OF E90 Samos MARMARA E87 Pythagorio TURKEY Ula Ayvalîk Gulf Îzmir international Kušadasî Gulf (p 439 ) on Samothraki 439 (p Fourni Islands Karlovasi Contemplate the Contemplate Gulf Cycle through lush old- through Cycle Sanctuary of the Great the Great Sanctuary of Edremit

mysteries of the 10th century century the 10th of mysteries BC Gods growth forests at Thasos’ Thasos’ at forests growth annual mountain biking race Dardanelles 7 6 Çanakkale Agios Kirykos

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Lesvos

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