Jaap van 't Veen's photos with the keyword: Zagori

The stone forest nearby Monodendri is one of the most remarkablke places in Greece. Layers of natural rock formations shaped like trees at an altitude of 1.500 meters. Geomorphs that resulted from the disintregation and erosion of limestone in an alpine environment, located in a normal forest of oaks and maples. It took thousands and thousands of years to cause this erosion and disintregation of the slabs. Nowadays these towering limestone formations create a real natural ‘artwork’.

The Papingo rock pools can be found a long the stream Rogovo. They are easy accessible along a path (PiP1), starting at a small parking place along the road between Megalo Papingo and Mikro Papingo. Soon the first rock pools - locals call them ovires - are visible. These fonts are actually cavities, which were created in the limestone rocks by the movement of the water of the Rogovo. The valley narrows and becomes a kind of gorge without a real trail, but with numerous pools, filled with crystal clear water. In summer locals often close artificial barriers (PiP4), creating ‘swimming pools’.