Traditional Villages

Stone houses, plane trees and a square with a spring in it. Three villages, each a short drive up into the foothills.

A couple on a bench at a mountain viewpoint, looking out over Lake Polyfytos far below.
  • Stone villages
  • Short drives
  • Village squares
  • Mountain views
Someone lying in a hammock under the pines, watching the sun set over the hills.

Up into the foothills

The road climbs quickly behind Velvento. Within twenty minutes you are among stone houses and plane trees, with the valley opening out below you.

Three to start with

  • A stone house with a red-tiled roof among autumn trees, pine forest rising behind it.

    Παλαιογράτσανο

    Stone houses on the hillside above the valley.

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  • An aerial view of a village on a green ridge, with the lake and the mountains beyond.

    Αγία Κυριακή

    A chapel and a view worth the drive.

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  • A village of red-roofed houses spread across a wooded valley under the mountains.

    Καταφύγι

    The highest of the three, under the peaks.

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