Nature in Greece | Mountains, lakes, forests, fauna and flora
Easter poppies in Greece
Flamboyantly splattered on the fields, paparounes (παπαρούνες), the Greek name of red poppies, are evocative of traditional red Easter eggs and a precursor of Greek Orthodox Easter. Poppies dominate the reborn nature during Easter in the Zagori region in the mountains of Pindus. Handmade…
Learn how to make a traditional Greek sourdough bread
Learn how to make sourdough bread with the traditional Greek way using either a wood fired stove (Ironheart ESSE) or a 150 year old traditional stone oven to bake it. Learn how to make the sourdough starter, how to knead the dough, how to fire…
Spelaeology in Zagori, Greece
Explore the caves in the area of the National Park of Vikos-Aoos with the experienced and certified cave guide Manolis Diamantopoulos.. .. The Zagori area, among it’s natural attractions, offers a variety of vertical caves-gulches and precipices some of which are found in the area…
