Nature in Greece | Mountains, lakes, forests, fauna and flora
Foliage in the mountains of Zagori
The melting of hues from green, to yellow, to burnt orange and reds begins as early as mid-October in the region of Central Zagori in Epirus.
The actual process of change in the forests of Zagori begins in October and as the warm weather wanes the broad leaved trees begin preparing for autumn in the National Park of Vikos-Aoos. Nature marches out with much fanfare, trumpeting the bright oranges and yellows of acers, the purples of white ash, the scarlet of cornus mas bushes and crabapple trees, and the rich browns of oak. Mixed in are the deep greens of pines and other conifers.
Few sights satisfy the soul like the brilliant colours splashed across Zagori’s forests each autumn.
The Zagori foliage season is coming to a close in a couple of weeks, depending on the weather conditions, with a beautiful swash of color throughout the forests of Central Zagori.
View the tapestry of colour in the photographs below or even better, visit Zagori during fall season…
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- Shades of orange
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- Yellow beech leaves
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- Beech leaf carpet
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- Red crabapple leaves
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- Fallen autumn leaves pose for a colorful shot
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- A red crabapple leaf
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- Foliage in the forest under the mountains
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- Glowing orange Amanita Caesarea
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- A bowl of forest fruit
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- A fallen oak leaf
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- An interesting leaf
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- An orange Lactarius Deliciosus mushroom
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- Purple flowers, Epirus, Greece
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- A purple-red leaf leaning on a mushroom
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- More red leaves
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- Red, as if on fire, bushes
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- Rain drops on a grass among fallen autumn leaves
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- Red rose hips under the blue sky
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- A yellow-green autumn leaf
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- A curious black-yellow salamander looking at the camera lens
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- Yellow overdose during foliage in Epirus, Greece
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- Yellow leaves
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- A colourful caterpillar
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- Yellow leaf carpet
