Zagoria Reviews -General

We arrived to Igoumenitsa by ferry from Ancona, Italy. As usual, when we go to visit a sunny country, we always start with rain. Anyway, Ioannina is quite worth to see even with umbrella. It is at a lake side and we even went by a small ferry boat to an island in the middle. Here we have tried Greek coffee for the first time, let's say it has nothing to do with Italian espresso. Seems like sand in hot water. It was only some days later when we understood that you have to wait until "sand" goes down and then it is quite drinkable, better to say it is good.

We slept in a nearby small village called Zitsa as guests of a local family from Hospitality Club. It was a fantastic experience to live some days in this rural place, with very nice and friendly people, beautiful landscape, good wine and food. It is absolutely worth to visit this place, so many things to see here which were not mentioned in our lonely planet and in our Italian guide. Old bridges, canyons, monasteries, clean water and lots of sheep. It is not just Zagoria village, but many other places around. Authentic rural life with lovely people, not just a false remake for tourists.