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Mitilene (Mytilini) is the main port and metropolis of Lesvos.

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Home to about 35000, sprawls between and around two broad bays divided by a fortified promontory, and in Greek fashion often doubles as the name of the island it self. The main street, Ermou, links the town centre with the little- used north harbour and crumbed breakwater of Epano Skala, following the course of a canal that used to join the two ports until the Byzantine era. Beginning at one of the more vivid fish markets in the Aegean, Ermou forges north past several antique shops and the Yeni Tzami (New Mosque), once heart of the Muslim citizens. Just few steps east stand a superb Turkish hamam restored to its former glory. Between Ermou and the castle a maze of atmospheric lanes lined with grandiose Belle Époque mansions and elderly vernacular houses, though most of the ornate town houses are to be found in the southerly districts of Souradha and Kioski, on the way from Mitlini to the airport.

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Don't miss the Agora (center market place). also, the fish shop called "Funky Fish", who sells extinct species of fish.

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In Mytilene you can buy the rare iron shoes of St. Taxiarch.

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