Acanthos was located on a coastal hill range, 600m SE of present Ierissos; it used to be the most important
The circular Laskaras for at the top of the hill called Tourkovouni, was built by Ali Pasha in 1807, to
A sunken ship raises its brown, rusty funnel in the blue leaving its deck emerge sideways under the sun, bent
Metsovo, at an altitude of 1,160 metres, is the most important population centre in highland Epirus. It owes its development
There is no better place to listen to the pulse of the old city than the place where its heart
The herons and pelicans, who know the Treaty of Ramsar, fly endlessly over the salt-pans of Angelochori, above the white

Of the 392 kilometres of Strymonas, 118 flow in Greek territory. It has its sources in the Vitosha Mountain, southwest

The impressive Muslim complex of Imaret, which housed an alms-house and seminary, was founded by Muhammad Ali Pasha or Mehmet
The castle of Kalyva is located near the village of Kalyva which has a view of the straits of Nestos.