Mitilini is ideal for relaxing and beautiful vacation tours, combining nature with culture, gastronomy with quiet fun, amazing beaches and family accommodation facilities.
The tradition, culture, history, art and spirituality are the features that dominate, this beautiful corner of the Aegean.
All this between, a wild wild carefree, playing with colors, smells and sounds.
And the sun shines, and shines more refreshing here and everywhere else, bathing golden beaches and amusing himself, into the crystal blue waters and reflects the rays. Bodybuilders sun, enjoy the warm sensual caress in a way that one could say that it is captive of beauty and passion.
And after a walk, in a place where a welcome greeting and smiling faces, through cobblestone streets and paths that resonate legends and stories.
Through ancient places of worship where you feel that the gods still live and where we collect flavors with traces of mystery and East.
And the cheer that remains after ouzo, is a sign of intense following night, when the rhythm of the music becomes one with the heartbeat and the night becomes erotic.
Are the unique attractions of the island, like many highly interesting museums, monasteries and churches, the castles scattered by the times of the great conquerors, towns and villages that maintain their rich architectural heritage, which will surely leave visitors a unique image!
SIGHTSEEING MITILINIS
Ancient Theatre of Mytilene: During the excavations in 1953 revealed the auditorium and the orchestra. Could accommodate 10,000 spectators and was famous acoustics. The Roman emperor Pompey was thrilled with this theater, so she decided to build before encountered in Rome. Enough of the Theatre building material used at times in the fort and several buildings in the city
Castle of Mytilene: Ancient castle and most of the island. Renovated in 1373 by Francesco Gatelouzon and completed during the years of Ottoman rule. Here was the palace of Gatelouso and then the headquarters of the Turkish authorities. Save many underground tunnels and tank capacity of 4,000 square meters.
House of Menander: Mosaic floors 3rd AD century was found in fields where Orpheus and depicted scenes from the works of Menander with their titles, which are currently housed at the New Archaeological Museum of Mytilene.
Petrified Forest: "The earliest antiquity" of the island is the petrified forest. In no country in the world are not saved so many petrified logs, indigenous and even standing. Many findings are particularly in land area Sigri-Eressos, while the islet Nisiopi divided up the steep coast or in the sea. To exploit this unique natural monument founded Museum of Paleontology IN SITU Sigri, completed by visitable "parks" palaiovotanikou interest.
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