About the Book

Do You....
       ....want to explore the countryside & villages around Molivos & Petra?
       ....enjoy walking?

Whether you feel like a short stroll or an all-day hike, the 26 walks in
 On Foot in North Lesvos
 will guide you step by step along the local tracks and paths through some
 of the best scenery and to some of the most interesting places in the area.

Visit traditional villages, olive groves, orchards, pastures, forests, and cliff tops;
.....also ruined water mills, abandoned Turkish villages, Roman baths, a battlefield,
 and a mountain-top.

I am Mike Maunder, the book's author and publisher.
I first came to Molivos, like most people, on a two-week package holiday
 in the spring of 1996, decided that this was 'my' island,
 returned again and again, eventually found a house in an olive grove
to rent, and now spend almost half the year here.
From my first visit I have spent much of my time walking,
 gradually exploring the surrounding countryside
 on the principle of 'I wonder where that track goes?', and going to find out
(the answer, as often as not, turns out to be 'to a dead-end
in impenetrable undergrowth halfway up a mountain' - but that's part of the fun.)

This led seven years ago to a 14-walk booklet which has since grown into
 On Foot in North Lesvos

The latest edition was published in early 2003, in English and Dutch editions, and is regularly updated here.

From time to time I will add new routes on this site, either as variations on walks
already in the book, or brand new suggestions in various parts of the island.
To share your favourites, please contact me.

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