Plomari is the only sizable coastal
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in the south, and indeed the second largest town on
LesbosLesbos is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of 1632 km² with 320 kilometres of coastline, making it the third largest Greek island and the largest of the numerous Greek islands scattered in the Aegean. Administratively, it forms part of the Lesbos Prefecture...
, a
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island located in the northeastern
Aegean SeaThe Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey respectively. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus...
. The
MunicipalityThe municipalities and communities of Greece are one of several levels of government within the organizational structure of that country. Thirteen regions called peripheries form the largest unit of government beneath the State. Within these peripheries are 54 second-level areas called prefectures...
of Plomári is the administrative entity that surrounds the town. It is the southernmost on Lesbos island and has a land area of 122.452 km² and a 2001 census population of 6,698.
Plomari is the only sizable coastal
settlementA village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a town or city. Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in...
in the south, and indeed the second largest town on
LesbosLesbos is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of 1632 km² with 320 kilometres of coastline, making it the third largest Greek island and the largest of the numerous Greek islands scattered in the Aegean. Administratively, it forms part of the Lesbos Prefecture...
, a
GreekGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula....
island located in the northeastern
Aegean SeaThe Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey respectively. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus...
. The
MunicipalityThe municipalities and communities of Greece are one of several levels of government within the organizational structure of that country. Thirteen regions called peripheries form the largest unit of government beneath the State. Within these peripheries are 54 second-level areas called prefectures...
of Plomári is the administrative entity that surrounds the town. It is the southernmost on Lesbos island and has a land area of 122.452 km² and a 2001 census population of 6,698. Its largest towns or villages are Plomári, the municipal seat (pop. 3,337), Plagiá (640), Palaiokhóri (501), Megalochóri (447), and Akrási (410).
Description
Plomari is located due south of Mount Olympos. It offers
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appeal as well as the presence of its famous
ouzoOuzo is an anise-flavored spirit that is widely consumed in Greece and Cyprus. Its taste is quite similar to arak/raki in the Levant and Turkey, pastis or absinthe , Sambuca , mastika . It can be consumed neat or mixed with water....
distilling
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. Among several local brands, Varvayianni is the most famous but Yiannatsi, Arvanitou and Pitsiladi are thought to be its equal. They can all be sampled at the traditional kafenia. The local festival (or "panigiri") season kicks off in mid-July with an ouzo
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, and culminates towards the end month in
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s honouring Agios Haralambos and including such
ruralRural areas are large and isolated areas of a country, often with low population density.About 91 percent of the rural population now earn salaried incomes, often in urban areas...
activities as horse race. The
seasideA seaside resort is a resort located on the coast. Where a beach is the primary focus for tourists, it may be called a beach resort.- History of the seaside resort :...
summer
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of Agios Isidoros lies on the east, two kilometers far from Plomari, while
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AmmoudeliAmmoudeli is a picturesque neighbourhood of Plomari in Lesvos island, Greece.It was named after its small pebble beach that lies under its traditional buildings....
is located on the west. Agios Isidoros has been voted as the seventh best
beachA beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of a body of water. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, or cobblestones...
of
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, in a voting that took place through the
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for the program of clean coasts. West of Plomari 6 km away you can reach
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, a 700-metre sand-and-shingle
beachA beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of a body of water. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, or cobblestones...
at the mouth of a
canyonA canyon, or gorge, is a deep valley between cliffs often carved from the landscape by a river. Most canyons were formed by a process of long-time erosion from a plateau level. The cliffs form because harder rock strata that are resistant to erosion and weathering remain exposed on the valley walls...
choked with
oliveThe Olive is a species of a small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin, from Lebanon, Syria and the maritime parts of Turkey and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea...
trees. It is an alluring place, with sweeping views west towards the
VateraVatera is a 8-kilometer long sandy beach in the southern part of Lesbos island. The name comes from βάτα : prickly bushes that blocked the old mule-drive access....
coast and the cape of Agios Fokas. Another great beach is Tarti, about 22 km from Plomari, is a 400-metre-wide cove. Rocky capes gird it to either side, and the
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in the
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is unique in colour and clarity.
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