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🏛️ Attraction · Monastery
Taxiarchis Monastery, Mantamados
Μονή Ταξιαρχών Μανταμάδου
🎟️ Free entry
The most visited church on Lesvos, holding an icon of the Archangel Michael that is modelled in relief rather than painted — made, the story goes, from earth and the blood of monks killed in a raid. Pilgrims come year round and the village around it makes the island's best-known cheese and pottery. Modest dress. Combine it with Tsonia beach and the north-east coast road.
Where to stay nearby
Live prices and availability on a map centred on this exact spot — hotels, studios and villas — so you can judge the distance to the beach, the port or the village from here rather than guess from an address.
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Tours, boat trips & tickets
Boat trips, guided tours of the ancient sites and tickets bookable ahead — free cancellation on most.
- The petrified forestTwenty-million-year-old trunks turned to silica, standing in bare hills — a UNESCO Global Geopark, and almost always empty.Check tickets →
- Ouzo in PlomariDistilleries that have been in the same town since the nineteenth century. Ouzo here is drunk with food — usually the salted sardine of Kalloni.See guided tours →
- A car for a weekIt is two and a half hours from the airport to Sigri in the far west. Without a car you will see one corner of a very big island.Compare cars →
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Frequently asked
Where is Taxiarchis Monastery, Mantamados?
Taxiarchis Monastery, Mantamados is in Mantamados, Lesvos, Greece. The map on this page shows the exact spot.
Is there an entry fee at Taxiarchis Monastery, Mantamados?
No — entry is free.
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