Forest that hides it's riches

"Amidst the clouds of mist, roiling out from the forest onto the lake, all you can see is a port. Behind the small ramshackle building that is suppose to give shelter from rain and cold, is nothing except a wall of trees. A forest. Judging from the size of some, ancient. Amazing oaks and alders, the silvery birches, beeches, and hornbeam’s. The ground is littered with leaves that crunch under your boots, filling the air with rich scent of fertile earth and memories of past autumn.
But if you are a hawk, you can maybe just notice that the port is possibly the only thing on the ground. There are no roofs. No smoke rises from the forest behind the port. Yet, your gaze is sliding over one of largest settlements of elves in the area. And there is plenty of folk moving on the port. Ah yes, now you see, the two amazing trees, rising on the edges of the river. And the great oaks reached out to each other, entwining their broad branches.
If one would took a closer look at those thick branches, he would notice, that there is a whole city, hidden right under the leafy and coniferous canopy of the forest. And if you are of the right nature, you will even feel the ancient magic in the air, humming right through the earth and trees, looming over you.
But for a normal eye, the port is the only thing that betrays the existence of a settlement..."