1/18/2024 0 Comments Sandy adventure time obsidianA little further west, Rokka Guesthouse (doubles €70 B&B) offers loom workshops, farm tours and homemade food with fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds from the surrounding land. In neighbouring Kapesovo, Thoukididis’s menu brims with ingredients either homegrown or foraged from local hillsides. The nearby Vradeto Steps are a steep ancient staircase hewn into a cliff – the only way into or out of Vradeto until the 1970s. From frescoed Agia Paraskevi monastery, a precipitous ledge offers views back down into the Vikos gorge. Southern Zagori offers an even more hair-raising perspective. Salvia restaurant has sweeping vistas and refined dishes rooted in local traditions, including mouthwatering baklava. From frescoed Agia Paraskevi monastery, a precipitous ledge offers views back down into the Vikos gorgeĪt the ivy-clad Saxonis Houses (doubles from €90 B&B) in Papingo, the owner, Vasilis, can arrange mountain activities. Alternatively, the exhilaratingly cold Papingo rock pools lie beneath towering cliffs a little to the north-east. It’s south-west of Vikos, between sheer limestone walls sheltering a series of revitalising springs and pools perfect for jumping and diving into. Photograph: Gady Cojocaru/Alamyīut the best base is Papingo, a 45-minute drive further into the mountains, great for exploring Zagori’s spectacular central artery: Vikos gorge – among the world’s deepest – is 1,000 metres deep in places.
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