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A Greek Island Holiday Haven For Tourists and Pelicans
Greek Island holidaymaker destinations offer many resorts which range from those providing all of the facilities of mass tourism to remote places with little more than several village rooms. Islands also range in size from ones that can be walked around in several hours to ones that have many major towns and hundreds of villages.
Lesbos (also spelt Lesvos) is the third largest Greek island and it has almost 200 miles of coastline to provide beach-loving holidaymakers. It is situated in the north-eastern portion of the Aegean, just a few miles from the Turkish coast and twelve hours by ferry trip from Athens. Fortunately the ferry trip is unnecessary because Lesbos has its own international airport.
No holiday resorts on Lesbos can be described as being "spoilt by mass tourism" but the most popular are with package holiday companies. Of those, Molyvos is probably the most popular but even there, it is possible to enjoy a laid-back, away-from-it-all vacation.
The entire island abounds in natural beauty and it is spectacular, indented coastline is made up of numerous sand and pebble beaches interspaced with lots of secluded coves. The island's interior is full of olive groves that produce some of the world's finest essential olive oil. You can even find bottles of top "Italian" olive oil which are created from olives grown in Lesbos!
In which the olive groves end, beautiful forests of Mediterranean pine begin and on the western side from the island, there are also the earth's second largest petrified forest.
Like many Greek islands, Lesbos is very mountainous. Its two major peaks, Lepetymnos and Olympus are over 3100 feet high and dominate the centre of the island. Because of the volcanic origin of Lesbos, several hot springs can be found around the island.
The term, Lesbian originates from Lesbos. The reason being it had been the birthplace of Sappho, the traditional Greek poetess. Her poems contained expressions of homosexual love. Sappho is believed to possess been born and lived in Eresos. This very small town is really a mile approximately inland from the holiday resort of Scala Eressos. Although, relaxing and relaxed, Scala Eressos includes a certain vibrant quality and caters for a wide range of visitors. These include many gay women who wish to enjoy women-only holidays or attend the annual Women's Festival.
In addition to a good selection of bars and tavernas, Scala includes a wonderful sandy beach, part of which is designated as a tolerated naturist area.
The streets of the resort are closed to traffic so you do not have to be worried about the road safety of your children. Where the village street ends, some cafes and tavernas have been built along the beach by extending them out onto the sand. If you have kids, you are able to sit in a single for a drink whilst the kids participate in the sea, still safely in sight.
The beach and village are framed in a beautiful setting of a green, fertile valley between arid mountains. A pretty lagoon at the back of the beach is the home to terrapins, frogs and seabirds. Children love this area and are often so fascinated by the terrapins that it is difficult to persuade them to leave. In the united states side around the resort tortoises can often be seen plodding their way along stony scrubland. But the most fascinating wildlife of has become the resident pelicans. These may often be seen waddling around the tavernas in the hope of some free fish. The two birds have grown to be so tame they get up to tricks around the beach too, snatching tubes of suntan lotion or even books from shocked sunbathers. Sometimes the pelicans will throw the items playfully into the air and then catch them. When an item as big as book drops in to the bird's huge gullet, fear for that creature's safety momentarily replaces the humour inspired through the performance. But there is no reason to be concerned and also the pelicans quickly realise the object doesn't have nutritional value, fetch it back up, and drop it on the sand. Not everyone sees the funny side from the pelicans' behaviour however, particularly the person who returns from the swim to find their beach towel occupied by one of them. As well as the onlookers, this usually leads to an extremely amusing shooing away scene.
For any naturist vacation in Lesbos, the resort of Scala Eressos is the greatest location to remain at. Elsewhere on the island, you might be capable of finding a few other beaches where naturism is practiced however they will be remote and unofficial.
The best way to reach Scala Eresssos is as simple as flying to the airport at Mytilene, the island's capital. This airport offers a little bonus that you'd be challenged to locate anywhere else in the world. After checking in for your flight home, it is possible to sit in an open air area which overlooks the sea. Here you are able to bask away the rest of the moments of the Greek island holiday watching the manoeuvres from the Greek navy which are often seen just off the not too distant Turkish coast or you can just benefit from the lapping from the sea over the rocky beach that separates the airport from it.
