Vatera
Vatera is an area of exceptional natural beauty, it belongs to the municipal district of Polichnitos of the Municipality of West Lesbos and has the longest beach in the Balkans, 10 km long, with a crystal clear sandy beach, alternating fine sand and pebbles and a wonderful deep blue sea.
Blooming in the Spring, windless in the Summer, gloomy but beautiful in the Autumn, stormy in the Winter, crystal clear at all times of the year, and at all times it promises the visitor an endless aesthetic pleasure.
Polichnitos
The area is known as one of the best destinations on the island and throughout Greece, due to the traditional architecture of the settlement.
On the map you can see where the area is as well as our rooms.
In the area of Polichnitos, the thermal baths of Hippocrates operate, located in one of the hottest springs in Europe. More information here:
https://thermal-springs.gr
Vatera Beach
The aerial photograph shows the exact spot where we are.
Vatera is the ideal place for swimming, water sports, fishing and excursions.
The whole area is famous for its natural beauty and is ideal for walking on their endless sandy beach and green landscape.
Lesvos
Lesbos or Lesvos (Greek: Λέσβος, romanized: Lésvos [ˈlezvos]) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of 1,633 km2 (631 sq mi),[2] with approximately 400 kilometres (249 miles) of coastline, making it the third largest island in Greece and the eighth largest in the Mediterranean. It is separated from Asia Minor by the narrow Mytilini Strait. On the southeastern coast is the island’s capital and largest city, Mytilene (Μυτιλήνη), whose name is also used for the island as a whole. Lesbos is a separate regional unit with the seat in Mytilene, which is also the capital of the larger North Aegean region. The region includes the islands of Lesbos, Chios, Ikaria, Lemnos, and Samos. The total population of the island was 83,755 in 2021.[1] A third of Lesbians live in the capital, while the remainder are concentrated in small towns and villages. The largest are Plomari, Kalloni, the Gera Villages, Agiassos, Eresos, and Molyvos (the ancient Mythimna).
According to later Greek writers, Mytilene was founded in the 11th century BC by the family Penthilidae, who arrived from Thessaly and ruled the city-state until a popular revolt (590–580 BC) led by Pittacus of Mytilene ended their rule. In fact, the archaeological and linguistic records may indicate a late Iron Age arrival of Greek settlers, although references in Late Bronze Age Hittite archives indicate a likely Greek presence then. According to Homer’s Iliad, Lesbos was part of the kingdom of Priam, which was based in Anatolia. In the Middle Ages, it was under Byzantine and then Genoese rule. Lesbos was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1462. The Ottomans then ruled the island until the First Balkan War in 1912, when it became part of the Kingdom of Greece.
