Travel Blog Greece

An artificial lake created in 1932 (redeveloped in 1980), which stands along the migratory birds’ line of Aegean, Balkans and Black Sea.

Fishing has played a very important role over the years in the local economy of Prespa Lakes and it is considered a local best experience.

The Sardine Festival takes place at the end of July in the coastal village Stomio, organized by the local cultural association.

The dwarf cows, one of the best experiences in Prespa Lakes, are endangered species found in the village Psarades and in the Albanian part.

Pineios river, 185 Km long, flows from Pindos mountain and empties into the Aegean Sea, creating a protected large river delta.

The Agios Germanos village lies at an altitude of 1.100 meters on the Varnoundas Mountains, 7 Km far from the Prespa Lakes.

The valley is a gorge in the Tempi area (north Thessaly, Greece), located between Olympos mountain (north) and Ossa mountain (south).

Metsovo is a city in Epirus, between Ioannina and Meteora, a touristic center, mainly in winter, and a cultural hub of the region.

Doirani is a round-shaped lake with an area of 43.1 km2 (depth of 10 m.) shared between Greece and North Macedonia.

The hot springs are 40 Km from the city of Xanthi, in Thermes village, close to Bulgaria.

Lousios is a gorge and also a rapid flowing river (emptying into Alfios river) in western Arcadia, Peloponnese.

Tymfi is a mountain of the northern Pindus mountain range in northwestern Greece, which lies in the region of Zagori.

Three thousand years were necessary for nature to build Kastania Cave, the 2nd most important cave in Europe of its kind.

A stone bridge built in 1814 situated between the villages Kipi and Koukouli, in Central Zagori.

Evrotas is the main river of Lakonia and one of the major rivers of Peloponnese.

It is the most important church of the islet of Small Prespa named Agios Achillios, the 2nd inhabited lake island in Greece.

Georgios Mavros' mansion, pioneer creator (in 1778) of the Common Company (Brotherhood) of Ampelakia.

The Polyfytos artificial lake was born in 1974 after the construction of the local dam which was flooded with the water of Aliakmonas River.

Chestnuts of Melivia, famous for their quality, colour, size and taste, are met all over Kissavos.

Lupin beans are yellow beans, traditionally eaten as pickled snack food.

Arachthos is the 8th biggest river in Greece, sourcing from Pindos mountain range, close to Metsovo, and emptying into the Ambracian Gulf.

It is salted pork smoked with green sage. A unique high quality traditional product of Greece.

The Monastery of Saint Paraskevi is an abandoned monastery situated on the edge of Vikos Gorge, in the region of Zagori.

The Giant Beans of Prespes (Fasolia Prespon in Greek) are famous because of the micro-climate of the lakes.