Kontias

After beautiful Nevgatis, the road leads to the picturesque great village Kontias, capital of the Municipality of Nea Koutali, which is one of the most beautiful in Greece.
It is built over the wooded hill of Saint Athanasios with perennial pine-trees and it has to show wonderful houses of urban architecture-stone or plaster-, mainly its oldest part, which preserves solid its traditional color, with marble stairs, marvelous wooden doors, sweet-smelling gardens and great balconies. The road at the entrance to the village, which is decorated with an exquisite line of gigantic plane-trees (these were planted along the road in 1912 for reminding the liberation of the island from Turks), leads to the next village, Tsimantria.
The traces of a prehistoric settlement, but also Vryokastro, a medieval castle, fill the bill for you who want to discover the historical past of this place.
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Small port of Kontias – Megali Paranisia
Just before you leave the central road for Diapori, turn right and you arrive at the picturesque small port of Kontias. If you choose the earth-road, the lake accompanies you all along the route, while your glance is lost in the sea and bay of Diapori. -
Kallithea – Livadochori
Kallithea is built on the slope of a small hill, very close to the sea of Moudros and has a panoramic view. The first mutual teaching school of the island functioned here, in 1868. -
Tsimantria – Kalliopi – Lychna
After Diapori, you meet the village of Kechagiades Tsimantria –from where comes the gallant dance of Lemnos. The entrance of the village will impress you, because it constitutes a great road of about one kilometer, which is planted with towering trees on both sides. -
Palio Pedino – Neo Pedino
Another one beautiful, but abandoned (since the earthquake of 1968) stone village. In recent years, some enthusiasts restore the ruins, in order to remake it the most beautiful of the island.