TOWNS & VILLAGES Of LESVOS

PETRA

Petra is a seaside village, 55 kilometres from Mytilini built in the middle of a green plain, which according to tradition, it was the Achilles' anchorage during the war of Troy.  As soon as you approach the town you are facing in the distance the chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the "Glykofilousa", situated on the top of a high rock in the middle of the village.

During the last years, the village of Petra has been developed in a modern summer resort. In the summer, a lot of tourists visit this place, which is the "centre of amusement" with a nice beach, many bars, tavernas and restaurants. Opposite the beach of Petra there are three isolated islands. The biggest of them is called the island of St George. Caiques and fish boats that start from the port of Petra make regular trips to those islands.

PLACES WORTH VISITING

VARELTZIDENA MANSION: The restored and listed monument. Its  architectural design is Macedonian with characteristic paintings and wooden sculpted decorations. It was built in the beginning of the 18th century and it is named after its last owner, an old lady, who died in 1940, when she was 100 years old.

THE AGRICULTURAL WOMENS CO-OPERATIVE: founded in 1983. Their main goals are the increase of the family income and the financial independence of the women. In the summer they rent rooms with a view over the sea or the narrow paved streets of the village, they produce and sell homemade traditional products and they own a restaurant at the central square of the village, where traditional food is served.