The Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest was founded in 1994 aiming to the study, research, promotion, exhibition, conservation and protection of the Petrified Forest of Lesvos. It is …
Natural Monuments
The oldest petrified forest, magnificent harbors and beaches, islands, natural parks with exotic morphology excite all visitors
The Petrified Forest of Lesvos is one of the finest and rarest monuments of geological heritage worldwide. Created 20 million years ago, when volcanic materials covered and petrified the forest …
The Islands of Sigri
The smallest of the three islands of Sigri is located south, near Limena, and is the habitat and breeding ground of the Aegean gull.Interestingly, in old maps of the port …
The origin of its name is unclear, but there is a reference by the European traveler Filippo di Frishn-Kanagi. In his “Journey of the East” (1573) he writes: “From the …
According to the legend, when the Greeks left Avlida to occupy Troy, Agamemnon first went to Lesvos to capture it, because the island was an ally of Troy. When his …
Countryside & Parks
Two kilometers south of Sigri is the area of Limena, where close to the beautiful sandy beach of the same name you will see a lovely building, typical of the old architectural style of the island, which functioned as a cheese factory until the early 1960s. Today, the building has been completely renovated and converted […]
Four km north of Sigri is the area of Paliochori, an old small rural settlement, which was home to at least 15 families, i.e. probably more than 70 people. This settlement appears to have been built around a place of worship (the chapel of Agia Paraskevi) and a central square, with two sources of running […]