![Deep turquoise dragon lake below Grammos snowy peaks](https://travellingslow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/grammos-dragon-lake-1.jpg)
Dragon Lakes and Mountain Trails
This is the story of a long distance walk,the length of Greece, a thousand kilometres or more. It took us from the beech forests and forgotten lakes on the northern border, through the central Pindos mountains and gorges, to the olive groves of the southern Peloponnese. We started in early summer, when snow still shone on the peaks and the high pastures sparkled with flowers. We finished in November, among the bustle of the olive harvest.
Click on the links below for more photos, maps, a brief outline of the way we went, where we stayed and our adventures en route. Plus our experience of the European footpaths, the E4 and the E6.
Gytheio 232 00, Greece
![](https://travellingslow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mikrolimni-prespa-lake-view-1024x768.jpg)
Florina to Vathochori
![Albanian forestry workers sitting round barbecue, with cut logs piled up behind](https://travellingslow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/albanian-barbecue-1024x865.jpg)
Vathochori to Kastoria
![](https://travellingslow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/grammos-dragon-lake-1024x768.jpg)
Kastoria to KefalochoriThe LaThe st Stronghold
Kastoria to Kefalochori
![](https://travellingslow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/22810706522_6100b3a13c_o_result-300x181.jpg)
Kefalochori to Konitsa
![Tent on edge of precipice with crags beyond. No flat options.](https://travellingslow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/campsite-timfi-crags-1024x858.jpg)
Konitsa to Vikos
![Sheer cliffs of Vikos gorge](https://travellingslow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/vikos-gorge-1024x768.jpg)
![Aoos River](https://travellingslow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/aoos-river-1024x768.jpg)
Skamneli to Metsovo
![](https://travellingslow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/matsouki-1024x768.jpg)
Metosovo to Matsouki
![Cool and shady walk under trees along the river](https://travellingslow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/koubourianitikos-river-upstream-1024x768.jpg)
Matsouki to Leondito
![](https://travellingslow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/delidhimi-pass-2-1024x768.jpg)
Leondito to Epiniana
![](https://travellingslow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/vardhousia-peaks-at-sunset-1024x768.jpg)
Epiniana to Ano Mousounitsa
![](https://travellingslow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/kalavryta-train-in-tunnel-1024x768.jpg)
Diakopto to Karitena
![West Beach, Kalamata](https://travellingslow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hiker-asleep-west-beach-kalamata-1024x758.jpg)
Karitena to Kalamata
![Kardamili](https://travellingslow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/kardamili-and-taygetos-1024x768.jpg)
Kalamata to Githion
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