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BEACHES IN LESVOS

If you are planning to choose Hotel Galini at Skala Eressos for your accommodation in lesvos, you will have the chance to swim in one of the most beautiful beaches in Lesvos. This is a place you will certainly enjoy crystal clear sea water , a  magnificent sandy beach, and a lot of water sports, like windsurfing and waterskiing. 

From all the beaches in Lesvos, Eressos beach has been distinguished by the E.U. Authorities as one of the most beautiful and clean beaches of Greece. You can enjoy lunching or dinning at the seaside restaurants savouring local specialities or taking your evening drinks in the cozy bars along the beach.

ENJOYMENT IN LESVOS

Plenty of restaurants and bars are sitting on beach platforms along the seaside promenade offering nice food and drinks to the visitor adding to the enjoyment of your  holidays in Lesvos. 
If your choice of accommodation in Lesvos is Hotel Galini at Skala Eressos, you will have the chance to enjoy the traditional tastes of Lesvos at their best quality. Dine, drink, relax and have a good time in one of  EresosΆ seaside restaurants or bars as it doesnΆt require a car for your moving.
 

SIGHTSEING IN  LESVOS

Eressos also offers its visitors a variety of other attractions and opportunities to engage in many activities.

Behind the church of St. Andreas you may visit the ruins of an early-Christian church with beautiful well maintained mosaic floor.

On the western side of the beach - Afenteli -there are ruins of another early-Christian church.

You can enjoy walking on the footpaths in the surrounding hills where the view is marvellous.

The ruins of a pre-Hellenic wall, a small Roman cistern, and the ruins of medieval watch towers are preserved at the top of the hill of Vigla overlooking the village of Skala Eressos.

You may also enjoy a walk along the banks of Psaropotamos river where a variety of local wildlife such as tortoises, herons and other water birds may be observed.

Alternatively you may explore the meandering footpaths crisscrossing the flower rich olive and fig tree groves of Eressos. The Pithari monastery overlooking the magnificent water reservoire is definitely a wonderful site to visit because it is considered to be one of the most rare inner land sights in Lesvos. One may also visit some of the remote little churches, scattered around the green fields and hills of Eressos.

Among other points of interest one may site the two Byzantine monasteries of Moni Ipsilou and Moni Perivolis, with exceptional frescos.
 
A walk in the village of Eressos and its lanes may help you discover old stoned fountains as well as the wood-carved icon screens of St. Irene's and Virgin Mary churches. Take a rest in the beautiful village square with the traditional coffee houses and restaurants shaded by age old plane trees.

 

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