Lemnos: Home to Greece’s Unique Desert

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Lemnos: Home to Greece’s Unique Desert

The Greek island of Lemnos is the site of one of Europe’s few deserts. Credit: Aggeliki Tsiona / Unsplash The European continent is not known for its deserts. Stereotypically, one tends to think of the Sahara or the Arabian desert. However, Greece has a desert of its own located on the beautiful island of Lemnos. Lemnos, the eighth-largest Greek island, is a magical place. Located in the northern Aegean, wedged between mainland Greece and Turkey…