Ermou Street in Mytilene

The road to its beach Of Mytilene It is suitable for taking walks on the waterfront wandering the boats, gazing at the sea but also admiring the beautiful preserved neoclassical buildings - such as the old hotel in Great Britain - or to enjoy the delicious fish appetizers with ouzo in one of the many fish taverns that exist along it. The exact parallel above it is Ermou street, the Agora street, a street of miracles.

The paved street of Ermou in Mytilene It is a narrow pedestrian street with a north-south axis, starting from Constantinople and Agios Therapontas and ending in the old Turkish quarter and Pano Skala, ie the port that was located in the years of classical antiquity in the northern part of the Castle. Ermou at that time was just a canal, which separated the islet of the castle from the rest of the island. After the 6th AD. century the Castle was united with the city due to alluvium and the canal became a road.

Every city, therefore, that respects itself in our country, has a street of Ermou, Emporiou Street, which has a lot to say about the local community that hosts it. Because here one will get to know the consumer habits of her world.

In Ermou of Mytilene, which became a pedestrian street in the 21st century, we can browse shops that represent the old world of the city (convenience stores, craft shops, grocery stores, fish shops, grocery stores, bookstores, second-hand shops) but also shops with dealerships .) or tourist items and jewelry stores.

Of course the interest of the visitor-traveler is focused on the local market and of course on the goodies of the island. We will find cheese and aged cheeses in the old one Skopelitis grocery store, while in butchers of Stratis Kampouris - Aristides KlavaOf Manolis Papachristopoulou and the butcher who sells meat from Mandamado, in addition to fresh local meats, we will also find delicious pastourmades, soutzoukia and sausages, while in the traditional gourmet grocery store of the Albani brothers one finds everything new and remarkable that has come out in cheeses and other snacks, but also the Kainari spice shop selling its eponymous spice patent.

At the end of Ermos we will meet the historic and beautiful Hermes cafe, where it is worth drinking a coffee or sipping something to learn its history.