The Greece Nobody Has Seen
While the world photographs the Cyclades, northwestern Greece presents an entirely different landscape: the Zagori region of Epirus, with its 46 stone-built villages connected by arched Ottoman bridges; the Vikos Gorge (listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's deepest canyon relative to its width); the rivers Aoos and Voidomatis, so clear they are used for fly-fishing and kayaking; and the Pindus Mountains, habitat of the last brown bears and wolves in Western Europe.
FFGR Greece Northern Exploration Programme
Based from Ioannina — Epirus' atmospheric capital, on a lake, with a castle island where Ali Pasha once ruled — FFGR Greece deploys a Range Rover SV for three days of exploration: Day 1: Ioannina castle island and the silver workshops of Pyrsogianni. Day 2: Vikos Gorge on foot (7km hike) or by mule path, Monodendri viewpoint, lunch in Papigo. Day 3: The Zagorochoria villages — Tsepelovo, Skamneli, Vradheto — and return via the Katara Pass to Kalambaka/Meteora.