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SIGHTSEEINGS
> Route No.3
Stefani (Skliniasa) The highest village of Trikala, at an altitude of 1480 m, 75 km from Trikala, it is deserted in the winter. The 300 inhabitants, mostly stock-farmers, move to the town of Farsala together with the village council. More...
Krania A mountainous village (1150 m) of Southern Pindos, 58 km from Kalambaka. Krania, with its three quarters (Doliana, Konakia and Coucoufli), like most of the villages in the area, is deserted in the winter, while in the summer the population exceeds 3,000 people. More...
Kalliroi (Velitsiani) A mountainous village (1040 m) of Southern Pindos, among the peaks of Dalia (1500m), Kroutsia Paplou (1700m) and Bourdeni (1750m), between the villages of Krania and Polythea, 60 km from Kalambaka. The 200 inhabitants (in the summer) are loggers (8.5 million sq.m. of fir, pine and beech-tree forest) and stock-farmers. More...
Polythea (Dragovisti, Draousti) 5.5 km from Kalliroi, on the green clad slopes of Neraida, lies Polythea (1150 m). The name of the village in the dialect of the Vlachi «Dragovisti» means «beatiful view». More...
Aghia Paraskevi (Giourgia) A few kilometers south of Tria Potamia lies the village of Aghia Paraskevi, on the treeless slopes of Tzoumerka, at an altitude of 950 m over Acheloos river. More...
Katafyto (Kottori) A few km NW of Tria Potamia lies the village of Katafyto, lost in the green-clad slopes of Kedros at an altitude of 1000 m. The stream of Pottokos, on its way to join Acheloos, flows through the village and there are several springs and fountains in the area (Tsokna, Xynori, Bouta). More...
Anthoussa (Lepenitsa) After 7 km on a passable dirt road, in the deep shade of dense forests, with Acheloos on our left, we reach the beautiful village of Anthoussa, off the main road, built on the wooded slopes of Kedros, at an altitude of 1100 m. More...
Chaliki Only 4 km from Anthousa, on the treeless slopes of Lakmos, at an altitude of 1150 m, lies the northernmost village of Aspropotamos, the historic Chaliki. A village of 700 nomadic stock-breeders (7,000 goat and sheep), moving to the area of Farsala in the winter. More...
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