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 SIGHTSEEINGS
> Route No.1
Kotroni (Dramisi)
14 km from Pyli after a short detour on the slopes of Koziakas, at an altitude of 750 m, we reach Kotroni, a village of 300 people. The village of Loggies (300 m alt.) with 145 inhabitants belongs to the same community. More...
Elati (Tirna)
Elati, a village attracting tourists all through the year, is the first village we meet on the road, 14 km from the Pyli at an altitude of 900 m. The village council of Elati includes also the villages of Vlacha, Aghios Georgios, Xylochiori and Liopota. More...
Pertouli
At the end of the climb the landscape has in store a unique surprise : dense forests interrupted by enchanting meadows, the road lost in endless alternations between the dark forest green and the light meadow green. More...
Neraidochori (Veternik)
4 km from Pertouli, just as the charming glades give way to the enchantment of precipitous peaks, lies Neraidochori at an altitude of 1140 m. The village, once called Veternik, has 300 inhabitants - mostly stock-breeders and loggers - in the winter, increasing in the summer due to the village’s reputation as a wonderful holiday resort. More...
Pyrra
Along the mountain valley of the tributary of Acheloos, 7 km from Neraidochori, at an altitude of 1056 m, we reach Pyrra, a village of 400 stock-breeders in the summer (15 in the winter). Surrounded by the peaks of Avgo (2145m), Tsouma (1700m) and Chameno (1800m) the whole area is abundant in mountain streams flowing to join Kamnaitikos river. More...
Dessi
Keeping on the route leading to Acheloos, at an altitude of 1070 m, we reach Dessi, a village of 400 inhabitants in the summer (40 in the winter), mostly stock-breeders and loggers. The villages of Fortosi and Vakari belong to the same village council. The surroundings are literally drowned in forests and springs. More...
Aghios Nikolaos (Kamniai)
3 km from Dessi, at an altitude of 900 m, among the peaks of Cap Grass (1950m) and Xerovouni (1600m) and the forests of Kipia, Mambla, Petra and Chaliki, (habitat of bear, wolf, partridge, etc.), lies the village of Aghios Nikolaos. More...
Drossochori (Tyfloseli)
7 km from Dessi, 72 km from Trikala, lies the village of Drossochori, opposite Dessi at an altitude of 950 m. Its 400 inhabitants, stock-breeders and loggers, abandon the village in the winter. The peaks of Tsouka (1500m), Tsarta (1400m) and Avgo (2180m) tower over Drossochori. More...
Gardiki
We have already passed the bridge of Alexiou, on the main course of Acheloos, on our way up the treeless slopes of the Tzoumerka mountains, on our left flows Moutsiaritis river, a tributary of Acheloos springing from Tzoumerka. At an altitude of 1040 m, 10 km from Dessi, we reach Gardiki. More...
Athamania (Moutsiara)
A stock-breeders village (and holiday resort) of 800 inhabitants in the summer, it is deserted in the winter. More...
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