Balcony in the Aegean Plomari an island settlement built amphitheatrically around the ravine of the river Sedounta and overlooking the glacial Aegean is a small town of 3,800 inhabitants in the southern part of Lesvos, built in 1845. Akrasia, Ampeliko, Mega Neochori, Paleochori, Plagia and Trygonas, the neighboring villages challenge the visitor.
Plomari, thanks to the philoponia and the friendly tendency of its inhabitants, experienced great prosperity as a naval, commercial and industrial center, since the end of the last century. The modern settlement is built around the old historical center and the church of Agios Nikolaos and includes the neighborhoods of Platano, Agia Paraskevi, Tarsana, Agora, Proastio, Profitis Helias.
To the east of Plomari and at a distance of 2 km. Spreads the seaside resort of Agios Isidoros and to the west the picturesque Ammoudeli. The district of Tarsana, named after the famous Tarsanades, gathered sailors and experienced craftsmen who built with special technique sailboats for the Aegean markets.
The climatic conditions throughout the year are one of the best in the island area. mild winter unique spring, cool summer and an unforgettable Aegean autumn. The visitor is invited to visit the Ouzo Museum, the Multicenter – Conference Center, to admire the architecture, to enjoy the traditions of the place and its products.
In the settlement, there is an “Ouzo Museum” (on the premises of the Varvagianni distillery), where the visitor can see old distilleries and other tools of the way the product is produced, as well as documents indicating the ways of trade and the markets in which it was exported.
There is also a “Soap Museum”, in the Center of the Municipality (the renovated and remodeled former soap factory Poulia), where all the tools of the product are exhibited, labels from various brands of lesbian soaps, as well as the commercial correspondence of the owners of the apartment with soap.
Finally, in the same area, there is a permanent exhibition of photographic material for the vessels of Plomari, since the area had a remarkable merchant fleet with which the shipowners of Plomari plowed the Aegean and the Mediterranean and reached the Black Sea.
In recent years, a small marina with a capacity of 60 boats has been operating in Plomari. Every summer there are many cultural events, the most important being the “Ouzo Festival” during the Nautical Week and the “Benjaminia”.