The city of Ioannina, next to the lake Pamvotis, is the capital of Epirus, northwestern Greece. Lake Pamvotis lies at the centre of a 480 metre-high basin in a picturesque mountain setting, with the Kyra Frosyni Island in its middle and the sprawling city of Ioannina on its western shores.
The prefecture of Trikala is a mountainous region which gradually descends from altitudes of over 2000 meters to the great plain of Thessaly. This is where the capital of the prefecture is situated. The comfortable and pretty city of Trikala, built upon the ruins of ancient Trikki and along the banks of the Lithaeos river, has a population of 45000 people, a full third of the total population of the prefecture.
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This fertile land has been inhabited since the Paleolithic era, and many ...
Kalamata is renowned as the land of the Kalamatianos dance and the silk kerchief; of succulent dark olives, honey-eyed figs and the honey-covered sesame sweet called pasteli.
Pelion or Pelium (Greek: Πήλιο Pilio, Ancient/Katharevousa: Πήλιον) is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in central Greece, forming a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the Aegean Sea. The GR-38 runs in the southern portion of the peninsula and the GR-38A runs in the middle.
In Greek mythology, Mount Pelion (which took its name from the...
Papingo (Greek: Πάπιγκο, also transcribed as Papigko, Papigo) is one of the Zagori region villages (Zagorohoria), located in the Vikos–Aoös National Park, Epirus, Greece.
The city is the financial and cultural capital of the Netherlands.
Many large Dutch institutions have their headquarters there, and 7 of the world's top 500 companies, including Philips and ING, are based in the city.
In 2010, Amsterdam was ranked ...
Rio de Janeiro is the most visited city in the southern hemisphere and is known for its natural settings, carnival celebrations, samba, Bossa Nova, balneario beaches such as ...