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Papigo village: The definition of a Greek, mountainous village
Papigo village is the definition of a Greek, mountainous village...and if our question about it was “Just how beautiful can this Greek, mountainous village be?”, then without doubt the sole answer would be “as much as one can bear”...
All one has to do, is to simply let their sight free to intake as many of the images as possible from simply looking at it. This would suffice to justify the above answer.
Papigo village is at the outskirts of the city of Ioannina plotting over the slopes of Mountain Timphi at an altitude of almost 1.000 meters.
Papigo village has two distinct settlements - Mikro (small) Papigo and Megalo (large) Papigo – with about 350 permanent residents. Due to the fact that they both present important specimens of the Zagori architectural style they are acknowledged as traditional and preserved settlements.
When we bring Papigo village in our minds, the images are typically winter ones with ample of snow, fairy tale views, the massive Mt. Timphi spreading its wild beauty in abundance, narrow stone-paved alleys and smoking chimneys throughout the day. Images that the visitor will never forget.
For those of you seeking a surplus contact with nature, then just off Papigo village you will discover the National Park of Vikos– Aoos with the deepest gorge in the world...the gorge of Vikos.
The area at large is notably characterized by its rich flora and presents a totally different set of images every season, as well as, an alternating chromatic pallet on a monthly basis due to the great variety of deciduous trees.
At this point, it would only be fair to mention that Papigo village is not only worthy of your visit during the winter months for the joys of snow, its picturesque location and the top quality gastronomy of the region of Epirus. Papigo village is also attractive for a summer visit which will reward you with invigorating walks in its sublime nature during the day and a peaceful sleep during the cool breezy nights...all of which will make you resent going back to the city’s stressful rhythms and heat wave.
