Culture and history info

Immerse yourself in the local culture
The history of Epirus is unbelievably rich. You’ll seek it out at the magnificent archaeological site of Dodona with its famous ancient theatre, at Roman Nikopolis and at the Oracle at Efyra, renowned in antiquity. You’ll meet it also in Ioannina with its castle, Byzantine museum of Its Kale, eight Byzantine and post-Byzantine monasteries on the Island in the Lake. Monasteries abound in the Zagorohoria, too, with Agios Ioannis Rangovos and Agia Paraskevi being the most noteworthy.

Throughout Epirus you’ll admire the traditional workmanship in crafts of all kinds, from stone masonry to the delicate art of the silversmith. You’ll see it in the wonderful unspoilt villages, which have been called ‘poetry in stone’, like those in the Zagoria district, Metsovo, and Syrrako and Kalarrytes in the Tzoumerka range. And also in the arched stone bridges dotting the landscape: Kalogeriko at Kipi, Plaka, Konitsa and, the most famous of all, Arta. And, not least, in the silversmiths’ ateliers in Ioannina.