Travel Blog Greece

Manthos Rizaris and Georgios Rizaris were Greek successful merchants and great benefactors, members of Filiki Eteria.

Vikos Gorge is situated in the Pindus Mountains of northern Greece, on the southern slopes of Mount Tymfi, with a length of about 20 km.

The lake is located at an altitude of 2.050 m., 5 hours walk from Papingo village, on the mountain range of Tymfi in the Vikos–Aoos Park.

It is a series of rock pools known as the Kolymbithres or the Ovires of Rogovos.

The Aoos river, 80 Km in Greece and 190 Km in Albania, running north of Mt Tymphe forms the northern boundary of the area of Zagori.

Dilofo, situated in the surroundings of Zagori, 30 Km from Ioannina, is a traditional village, which remained untouched through the years.

The stone forest is a set of huge rocks that stand like abrupt trees, close to Monodendri village.

The single-arched stone bridge of Vovousa (or else Misios) was built in 1748 with a donation by Alexis Mitsios from Vitsa.

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

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

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

John Nicholas Cassavetes [1929 – 1989] was a Greek-American actor, film director and screenwriter who self-financed films.

Voidomatis is a river in the Ioannina regional unit in northwestern Greece, a tributary of Aoos river, with a total length of 15 km.

This arced stonebridge was build in the middle of the 18th century, financed from Mr. Kontodimos Noutsos from the Vradeto village.