ZAGORI … NOT IN CRISIS

Posted on July 10, 2015 by zagori

ARCHITECTURE, TRADITION, FAUNA, FLORA, VIKOS GORGE, AOOS RIVER, ASTRAKA PEAK, PINDOS, FOOD, WINE, TREKKING, RAFTING... NOT IN CRISIS

Zagori, Greece

What’s not in crisis in a few photographs …

Friendly piece of advice … do not watch TV, reality is far better than portrayed. Come to Zagori and we can discuss it in person or even better, NOT!

Traditional architecture in Zagori... NOT IN CRISIS

Traditional architecture … NOT IN CRISIS

: Anacamptis picta … NOT IN CRISIS

: Traditional coffee shop … NOT IN CRISIS

: Homemade wild strawberries marmalade … NOT IN CRISIS

: Foliage … NOT IN CRISIS

: Bicycling … NOT IN CRISIS

: Centuries old Byzantine churches … NOT IN CRISIS

: Tsipouro making and drinking … NOT IN CRISIS

: WWII Historic locations … NOT IN CRISIS

: Ag. Paraskevi Monastery … NOT IN CRISIS

: Costas organic sheep milk … NOT IN CRISIS

: Wild herbs … NOT IN CRISIS

: Snow covered traditional stone villages … NOT IN CRISIS

: Local honey products … NOT IN CRISIS

: Traditional butter making and eating … NOT IN CRISIS

: Trekking … NOT IN CRISIS

: Traditional farming … NOT IN CRISIS

: Traditional doors … NOT IN CRISIS

: Picking wild strawberries … NOT IN CRISIS

: Sheep gazing … NOT IN CRISIS

: Edelflowers … NOT IN CRISIS

: Truffle holding … NOT IN CRISIS

Beautiful foliage colours in Zagori, Greece

Foliage … NOT IN CRISIS

: Fertilizer free vegetables … NOT IN CRISIS

: Snow rackets … NOT IN CRISIS

: Porcini … NOT IN CRISIS

: Truffle hunting … NOT IN CRISIS

: Truffle slicing … NOT IN CRISIS

: Gnocchi con tartufo … NOT IN CRISIS

: Bruschetta con tartufo … NOT IN CRISIS

: Traditional architecture … NOT IN CRISIS

: Wild garlic … NOT IN CRISIS

Traditional door in Ag. Paraskevi monastery in Monodendri, Zagori

Traditional doors … NOT IN CRISIS

: Wild orchids … NOT IN CRISIS

: Wild asparagus and steak from local stock … NOT IN CRISIS

: Making homemade marmalade … NOT IN CRISIS

: Vikos gorge … NOT IN CRISIS FOR THE LAST FEW MILLIONS O YEARS

: Hearty breakfasts … NOT IN CRISIS

: Easy going salamanders … NOT IN CRISIS

: Risotto with truffles, chanterelles and porcini … DEFINITELY NOT IN CRISIS

: Boletus mushrooms … NOT IN CRISIS

: Vradeto steps … NOT IN CRISIS

Traditional cobble treks … NOT IN CRISIS

Drakolimni in Tymfi … NOT IN CRISIS

Hiking, rafting and relaxing in Greece’s Zagori wilderness

The Zagori region in north west Greece is little known among visitors heading to Athens and the islands. But amid its mountains, canyons and ancient villages are superb hiking trails, delicious local fare and top places to stay

theguardian

The land of bears and bridges: Searching for the world’s deepest canyon in Zagori in Greece

dailymail

Travelling in late August to Epirus, a mountainous region in the far north-western corner of mainland Greece on the border with Albania, I had expected to find myself jostling for space at the gorge with other nature-loving souls. Instead, there to greet us in the near-empty car park at Oxia – a lookout point high in the Pindus Mountains, a short walk from the gorge – was a lone donkey keeping a watchful eye over a stall laden with jars of honey. The first 10 minutes at the gorge were then spent in the company of my snap-happy husband with no other sign of human life in sight…

telegraph