Vacationing in Greece Looks Better From 4,000 Feet Above Sea Level
The less-traveled Greek mountains offer the kind of escape you won’t find by scrolling.
Views of the Grand Forest Metsovo, a five-star retreat in Greece’s mountainous north.
Source: Grand Forest MetsovoOn the edge of the Vikos Gorge, you can peer 4,400 feet down at a thick canopy of pine trees that plunges toward a river. According to the Guinness World Records, it’s the deepest canyon relative to its width.
“You almost can’t believe it’s Greece, right?” asks Georgios Karagiannis, founder of Epirus Adventures. “We know our country is 80% mountainous. But our tourists don’t think about Greece like this.”