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TOWNS
& VILLAGES
Of LESVOS
VRISA
Vrisa
with its traditional village square and narrow kalderimi
streets is an
 authentic
picturesque Greek village
with a close knit community
that is keeping traditions alive with aplomb.
It’s located about 4 km from the town of
Polichnitos
and 4 km from the resort of Vatera and the famous
Vatera beach.
In the village there are two churches, (The Living
Fountain Church & the Church of St. Constantine & St.
Helen) one school, grocery stores, coffee shops (
kafeneion), a bakery that you know streets away from the
wonderful smell of freshly baked bread and two petrol
stations. There are daily bus connections to Polichnitos
and Mytilini also to Vatera most of the year.
There are many country walks that can be enjoyed in the
surrounding co untryside,
which lead you from one village to the next while you
discover nature (wild flowers, orchids, butterflies etc)
at its best. You can go walking independently in the area
if you buy the book
“
Vatera Around & About”
In resent years it was discovered that the
area of Vatera and Vrisa is also unique for another
reason. Through recovery excavations exceptionally rare
Palaeolithic fossils of fauna and flora were discovered,
unique not only to Greece but also perhaps to the whole of
Europe. The age of the findings using magnetic methods of
dating is 2 million years old. The abundance of recovered
fossils of gazelles, horses, deer, tortoises and antelopes
indicate an early savannah environment while the clay
deposits point to the existence of river systems which
crossed the region’s forest expanse and flowed into a
lake. However the most amazing amongst all the discoveries
was the revelation of extremely rare types of animals,
including that of a family of giant apes belonging to the
species Paradolichopithecus, the earliest in
representative age ever found in Europe. Currently the
findings are temporarily housed at the restored old Girl’s
School at Vrisa, next to the church of St. Consta ntine
& St. Helen.
By Presidential Decree the Museum is officially a
Centre of Cultural Research and Education and a
Department of the National Kapodistrian University of
Athens. A new purpose build University facility is to
be build at an identified location between Vatera and
Vrisa. This will facilitate further research and
education and ease of access to the visiting public.
Places to Visit:
The Natural Hisory Museum
The Living Fountain
Church
Click here for Information regarding
ACCOMMODATION
in VATERA
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