Nature in Greece | Mountains, lakes, forests, fauna and flora
Vikos–Aoos National Park
The Vikos–Aoös National Park (Greek: Εθνικός Δρυμός Βίκου–Αώου Ethnikós Drymós Víkou–Aóou) is a national park in the region of Epirus in northwestern Greece. The park, founded in 1973, is one of ten national parks in mainland Greece and is located 30 kilometres (19 mi)…
Trekking guide in Zagori Epirus
MANOLIS DIAMANTOPOULOS is a local guide with over 10 years of experience who has worked with big trekking companies, such as Trekking Hellas, guiding trekking and rafting groups through the trails and rivers of the vast area of Pindos and the Zagori region. He…
Mushrooms and religion
ROBERT GRAVES: MUSHROOMS AND RELIGION The profound importance of mushrooms in primitive religion had remained undetected until some twenty years ago, when Mr. R. Gordon Wasson, an American banker, and his Russian-born wife Valentina first called attention to it. The new science of ethnomycology,…
