The villages of Zagoria
The villages of Zagoria > Zagoria a place that time forgot > Mountainous region is one of Europe’s best-kept secrets.
Vassilis Katsoupas immigrated to Canada at age 17 and graduated with a master’s degree in environmental studies from York University. He loved his adopted country, but after two decades, he found himself yearning for the towering [...]
A winding road to secret Greece > Zagori
In the high, remote mountains of the Zagori, the old ways still hold sway
I am in Xenonas Tou Dia, the only guesthouse in the village of Mikro Papingo. It’s a fine, beautifully renovated stone building that stands beside the only taverna in the tiny mountain settlement. The taverna is run by a floating population of [...]
The Epirus Coast
Love that island feeling but want more to explore?
Take a look at the pretty mainland resorts of Sivota and Parga, on the wild and mountainous shore of the Ionian Sea, where there are big sandy beaches, attractive family resorts, and the option of renting a car and heading off into the wild blue yonder [...]
A shepherds’ delight > Epirus and Zagoria
A world away from the beach resorts, walk into a land resembling the tablelands of the American West > If it’s true that certain points on the planet irradiate special energies, mystical, natural or cosmic, then the Vikos Gorge in Zagoria, in north-western Greece, must be one of them.
Vikos gorge in Zagoria.
Outside the village of [...]
Metsovo > A traditional Greek mountain village
Metsovo > This traditional mountain village has become so popular that at times its original appeal is in danger of being overwhelmed by tourism at its worst.
Still, most visitors find it satisfying, some even find it magical. It’s about one and a half hour bus ride east of Ioannina in Epirus.
A couple of buses go [...]
Trout fishing in Epirus, Greece
Among the many reasons to travel to Greece is its spectacular outdoors.
Most visitors know the blue sea, but Greece also offers rugged mountain landscapes for hiking and fly fishing.
The Northwestern corner of Greece – known as Epiros or Epirus – offers exceptional fly fishing for trout. The freestone mountain streams as well as limestone waters [...]
