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Indoor activities |
Aside from outdoor activities, visitors have the opportunity to experience and participate in different kind of activities, held inside the Gera's Olive Grove territory.
Captivated by the undisturbed natural beauty, they can soak up the truly peaceful and charming atmosphere of the reserve by walking around the olive-grove gardens or helping hosts to perform agrarian activities such cultivating the crop fields, pruning the trees, taking care the garden's plants, feeding the animals and even milking the goats.
For those who desire further interaction with the island's traditional occupations, they can freely participate in the "Gathering of Olives" long-term process which lasts from December up to February.
Gera's Olive Grove is the right spot for those guests who wish to incorporate culinary experience into their holidays and are interested to discover more about the cuisine of Lesvos. Local housewives of the grove, are eager to share exquisite receipies with guests and allow them to participate in the creation process of local specialities and traditional products.
Guests who are truly interested about manifestations of cultural evidences in a place, they have a good reason to visit Lesvos. Gera's Olive Grove highly supports all culturally oriented programs whose aim is to engage visitors in the island's cultural heritage.
The family works closely with various institutions of the island which offer visitors a unique chance to mentally experience excellent programs and attend exhibitions that unfold Lesvos values, customs, achievements, crafts and artworks. One of its main priorities for the future, is to concentrate its efforts towards the development of programmes and the hosting of exhibitions that will combine holidays - entertainment with culture civilization.
If guests are avid fishing lovers, they can experience the thrill of traditional on-board fishing by joining the hosts on their daily fishing-purpose excursions at the gulf of Gera. Fishing on board via family's traditional fishing boat, by using the old fashioned way, becomes a trully memorable experience and at the same time, a non-extractive activity to the ecosytem. |
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