Nature in Greece | Mountains, lakes, forests, fauna and flora
Photographs of Zagori and Vikos-Aoos National park by Costas Zissis
Costas Zissis is a Zagori born photographer who has been documenting the nature of the region for many decades. He knows the area like no other photographer!! Following are some of his photographs shot at different seasons of the year covering the whole region, from the…
Explore the Geoheritage of Zagori with Georgia!
Georgia offers a fresh and well educated approach to a very, very old (geo)heritage, that of the Zagori region and Vikos-Aoos Geopark. Georgia of Geozagori offers a penetrating and… rock solid experience of Vikos Aoos Geopark focusing mainly in the area surrounding Vikos canyon (gorge) the so called Zagori through her trekking-hiking…
Forget the Greek islands, head north instead as Lonely Planet suggests!
Forget the Greek islands as Lonely Planet suggests in this article and explore Greece’s vast north. It is unmatched for geographical, cultural and even culinary diversity. Here, great stretches of mountains, lakes, forest and coastline remain to be discovered. With terrain stretching from the azure Ionian…
Mountaineering ski in Timfi, Pindus, Greece
timfi dressed in white ski touring # Two days of mountaineering ski in the heart of Tymfi mountain in Epirus, Greece. The event is organized by the fifth element * and will take place on the 4 and 5th of April 2015. 4/5th april 2015 Saturday 8:30am…
Porfyron Hotel in Ano Pedina
A romantic boutique hotel located at 1000 metres altitude in the northwest region of Greece, Zagori, in the picturesque village of Ano Pedina. Ano Pedina is a village, one of the 46 stone built villages in Zagorochoria or Zagoria villages in the province of Epirus,…
Anemi Guesthouse Agrotourism
Anemi Guesthouse Agrotourism is a renovated old cottage, and farm, with 7 guest rooms for your accommodation and a jazz restaurant-bar overlooking the highlands of Pedina [or Soudena as it is locally referred to] in the Zagorochoria. A region with immense natural beauty and unique stone built…
Egyptian vulture
Egyptian vulture or “Asproparis” [Ασπροπάρης in Greek], an almost extinct wild species in the region of Zagori and the National Park of Vikos-Aoos in Greece. The Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) is the smallest of the four species of European vultures. Its small size (wingspan of…
A CNN article about winter in Greece
Not just for summer: 6 reasons to head to Greece in winter according to a CNN article on winter destinations in Greece Greece is so closely linked to summer vacations that it rarely features in winter escape plans. That’s a shame, because while it rules…
Zagori, a candidate for UNESCO’s World Heritage list
The Greek Culture Ministry announced that it intends to officially sponsor the traditional villages of the Zagori (Zagorochoria) district in Epirus, northwestern Greece, as a Greek “cultural landscape” to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage list. For the last two years, the “Zagorochoria…
It is the season for tsipouro in Zagoria
Making tsipouro in Zagori using the traditional method of steam distillation, with the company of good friends, traditional Epirotic music (local music from Epirus), … grilled sheep and homemade cheese. Tsipouro (Greek: τσίπουρο), a pomace brandy from Greece that comes in two types: pure and…
