The word Nekromanteion means “Oracle of the Dead”, and the faithful came here to talk with their dead ancestors. Per ancient sources, the site was in use from at least the 8th century BC, and the extant walls and labyrinth date from the late 4th century BC. The Romans burned...
The Acheron River flows from Mount Souli Epirus and reaches the Ionian Sea at Ammoudia Beach. In addition to its natural beauty, the Acheron is known worldwide for its mythological content. In ancient Greek mythology, Acheron (also called the Styx) was the river the dead were ferried...
It was not easy to find any parking place in the downtown Parga, but we made deal with the big spacious parking, officially they do charge 1 EUR per hour, but we got it for 12 EUR from 15:00 till the 10:00 next day. Parga is a picture-perfect resort town located in northwestern Greece on...
Ioannina is set on a plateau on the western side of lovely lake Pamvotis, facing the gray limestone mass of Mount Mitsikéli. Ioannina was first mentioned in ecclesiastical registers of the 9th and 10th centuries as an important Byzantine city. At the beginning of the 13th century, it was...
The Vikos Gorge is located in the Pindus Mountains in north-western Greece. It lies on the southern slopes of Mount Tymphe. The Voïdomatis River, a tributary of the Aoös, carved the 12km-long, 900m-deep Vikos Gorge over millions of years. The cliffs begin near Vitsa and run north to near...
We stopped in the village Kalpaki and from there we explored the Zagori region in the Pindus mountains in northwestern Greece. The whole region has beautiful nature protected in two National Parks with imposing snow-capped Mt Tymphe and the famous Aoos and Vikos Gorge. There are 46 tiny...
The town was built at the height of 600 meters on a mountain slope of the Pindos Mountain range overlooking the valley where the rivers Aoos and Voidomatis meet. We were not sure about the winding road up, so we parked on the main road and took our scooter to drive around the city to see...
Our next stop was a charming Kastoria city on the western shore of Lake Orestiada, in a valley surrounded by limestone mountains Grammos and Vitsi. We strolled around the tranquil Doltso, a picturesque corner of the town where buildings date back to the 17th and 18th centuries when the...
It was very smooth at the border, without any customs check, we crossed the border between North Macedonia and Greece and entered the forgotten region of Macedonia forever associated with Alexander the Great. It’s littered with ancient cities, holy places, and natural wonders that...
A shortstop in one of the oldest cities in Macedonia. The city has been founded as Heraclea Lyncestis in the middle of the 4th century B.C. by Philip II of Macedon. The city was also the last capital of Ottoman Rumelia. It was really long walk to the archeological park from the place...