The Zagoria – Ζαγόρι – a short form of Zagorohoria – the villages behind the mountains – includes an area of 46 villages north of Ioannina in Greece. Please watch the video of our visit here!!! You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please […]
Monodendri – Destinations in the Zagoria
Monodendri – Μονοδένδρι – north of Ioannina in the Zagoria is a popular starting point for walking through the Vikos Gorge. The gorge is 6 miles long and according to the Guinness Book of Records it is the world’s deepest gorge with a depth from 1,968 ft to 3,281 ft. Please watch the video here!!! […]
Methoni – Peloponnese
Methoni lies on the southwestern tip of the Peloponnese. Already during the second Peloponnesian War the people of Messene built a fortification against the Spartans here. Under the Romans, Mark Anthony embellished it on a grand scale. The massive city walls were built by the Byzantines and Venetians. In the Greek War of Independence, French troops […]
Parga – the jewel of the west coast of Greece
Parga is the jewel of the west coast of Greece and its tourist infrastructure leaves nothing to be desired. The offer of restaurants and markets reflect that Parga is very much dominated by the British. Please watch the video here You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click […]
Olympia – the venue of the first Olympic Games
Olympia is located in the northwest of the Peloponnese. Olympia is known as the venue of the first Olympic Games which took place here from the 7th Century BC up to the 5th Century AD. The sanctuary and the oracle are less known. The sanctuary was founded on the remains of the tumulus which was […]