VIP tour to Agiasos

Agiasos, though a small village, has plenty of surprises in store to offer. Some places are famous for just one thing, but Agiasos has a multitude of gifts to bequeath We, as people who work for the media, are lucky people. Many doors will be exclusively opened for us, while for the “ordinary” people, those doors will remain closed. When I was at Lesbos Island, I traveled around as an ordinary tourist, but it was in Agiasos that I saw something I had never seen before. I was not alone; together, with a small group of people we were visiting Agiasos and it was Aris Lazaris, who opened the doors that otherwise would have stayed closed. The only, for me, very serious bummer was I was not allowed to take any pictures. I was tempted to take some sneaky pictures, but did not want to put Aris in a difficult situation, so unfortunately there are no pictures of the treasures I will write about.

It was early in the morning and it was already burning hot. Together with four other people, we left Mytilini to go to Agiasos. Driving through the forest, every now and then, we had a peek of the landscape behind. It was after a 30-minute-ride that we could see Agiasos far away on the top of a mountain. It looked as if it was a small place and yes indeed, once we arrived in Agiasos, it indeed turned out to be a little village, but with great historical importance.

As small as it may be, Agiasos is a very dynamic village. As where some places are famous for just one thing, Agiasos has at least five different and very interesting things to offer. Let’s start with music; Aris led us into a library. It was an ordinary building, but the secret was in a room beyond the library. Here, an old man was teaching a young boy how to play the...