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Parnassos mountain lies above Delphi and hosts the famous Arachova ski resort, offering scenic views of the surrounding countryside.

The Samaria Gorge is a National Park of Greece since 1962 – a major tourist attraction of the island – and a World's Biosphere Reserve.

Kastoria (Orestiada) Lake is a 10 million years old lake of Macedonia, covering an area of 30 sq. kilometers at an altitude of 650 metres.

The ascetic community in Meteora started around the beginning of the 13th century.

Meteora rocks are made of a mixture of accumulations and sandstone and they are unique as they are uniform, without layers.

The Artificial Lake of Aoos Springs created in 1987, an important biotope, is situated 20 Km north of Metsovo, at an altitude of 1343 m.

The wine of Meteora has been marketed nationally and internationally only in recent years.

Graviera Agrafon is a PDO hard table cheese produced traditionally in the Agrafa area, Karditsa, Thessaly.

Excavations have found that the Meteora rocks were inhabited around 50.000 years ago.

Diros Cave, part of an underground river and located around 15 Km south of Areopoli, can be accessed at a length of 5 Km by small boats.

Small Prespa is a lake shared between Greece and Albania. It is a very important wetland and tourist destination.

The Holy Trinity Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the top of a rocky precipice over 400 meters high.

In Kissavos, especially in Metaxohori village, there are many cherry cultivations. The cherries have a deep red color and a unique taste.

An itinerary in the region of Prespa Lakes with references to the environment, the lakes, accommodation, tastes and local stories.

It is a mens' monastery on the top of a steep rock, one of the six still operating in the area of Meteora.

The lighthouse of Gythio, one of the oldest and most preserved lighthouses in Greece, was built in 1873 on the Krane islet.

The Pelion railway (with its traditional steam train Moutzouris "Smudgy") is a narrow gauge line connecting Volos city with Milies village.

Stomio village (also known as Tsagezi) is situated in the Aegean Sea coast, south of River Pineios Delta.

Lake Kremasta is an artificial lake close to Karpenisi, the largest in Greece, whose dam, the Kremasta Dam was finalized in 1965.

Lake Doxa is an artificial lake of Corinth, surrounded by pine forests, fed by the river Doxa that empties in Feneos plain.

Chaintou Mountain is at an altitude of 1.828 m in the area of Gyftokastro, close to the Greek-Bulgarian borders.

A gorgeous three-storey horizontal cave, with a length of about 5 km (of which only 1 Km has been explored), created 1.500.000 years ago.

One of the three legendary lakes of Pindos, Verlinga, is close to the village Chaliki on Lakmos mountain, 2.050 m. altitude.

Acheloos river begins at 2,000 meters on the eastern slope of Lakmos mountain of the Pindus range.