Next on the agenda was Erresos
The landscape becomes lunar, with bare mountains and strange rock formations. Not much here besides goats, sheep and the world’s largest petrified forest.
The road forks and one leads to Sigri while the other leads to Eressos and Skala Eressos which brings in most of the tourist revenue for this part of Lesvos. You drive through the harsh landscape between mountains until you come to a huge green valley with a village at the top, Eressos. At the end of a long, narrow, straight road is Skala Eressos.
Our “Winter Photos”
You can see what this place would be like in season , I imagine busy but also happily car free
The birthplace of the poetess Sapho, and a Mecca-in-waiting for International lesbians, not to mention a popular weekend beach destination for the islanders. Skala Eressos has one of the most dramatic beaches in all of Greece and a line of cafes and restaurants on the waterfront, traditional fish tavernas and alternative style bistro-cafes. Posters advertise shiatsu, yoga, various therapies. I think in summer it would rival Mykonos and Santorini and probably a lot lot cheaper .
A few stock photos from the summer season as a comparison
Were you the only people there? So quiet looking. And, why was the forest so scared? Was it in anticipation of what the International lesbians might get up too? Lol. Love the second last photo, so colourful.xx
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