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Two says trip bus excursion to the famous Zagoria villages and Meteora.The price includes one Overnight with breakfast in the Hotel, entrances to the Monasteries and the nunnery. All other cost will be at the expense of the client. Departure from Parga at 07.45.We have the first stop in Filipiada village to view the storks on the telegraph poles for 10 minutes.Then another stop in Terovo for sampling local cheese and milk pies.Through Ioannina we go to the most famous village of Zagoria(Monodendri)and we spend two hours for lunch and visit the monastery of Profiti Ilias.Then we drive to Meteora and we have an overnight in Kastraki. Evening free.

Next morning after the breakfast, we depart at 08.00 and we visit the monasteries of "Gran Meteora" for one hour and then we visit the monastery "Agios Stefanos"and stops at Agia Trias Monastery for 40 minutes. On the way back, we stop at Mestovo for lunch and to explore this nice and traditional village. We arrive back in Parga approximately 19.00.

Price per adult: EURO  .-Children 2-12 years half price, children 0-2 free

Zagoria:Zagoria villages are  one of the most important and rare ecosystems in Greece and Europe because of the rich and a rare fauna and flora of the area.Also are uniquely endowed with extraordinary natures beauty,a forest ecosystem,distinctive architecture,cultural wealth and the seer romance of an ancient way of life.From the Slavic word meaning"behind the mountains",Zagoria is defined by the Gamila(Tymfis)and Mitsikeli mountainsas well as the Aoos River. The history of Zagoria villages start in the period of Pregreeks and Pelasgians times.

Meteora: Meaning  "suspended in the air" one of the most amazing places in Greece. Everyone is impressed by the monasteries perched on top of enormous rocks and have probably wondered how on earth they built them.

The rocks themselves are impressive, rising from the plains of Thessaly a few miles northwest of Kalambaka.

It is a strange but breathtaking landscape that has been sculpted by wind and water over thousands of years.

By the 14th century, the Byzantine Empire was already on the wane and the monastic communities of Athos peninsula were increasingly besieged by Turkish pirates.After an encounter with brigands, three monks,Gregory,Moses and Athanasius,left the Monastery of Iviron on the western coast of the peninsula to search for a new home.They had heard of 'miracles'taking place in the land of the great rock forestand on arriving there,settled on top of the rock called Stylos or the Pillar where they built a hesychasterion or wooden hut.Later, Athanasius assembed a small community and constructed a few cells and a chapel in a cave on the nearby Platys Tithos or the Broad Rosk.The Serbian Emperor,Symeon Uros provided them with an endowment that allowed them to build the Church of the Transfiguration around 1356 and to expand the monastery with more cells and cloisters.His son,John Uros,retired here as a Monk Ioasaph about 1373 adding to the already sizable endowment enjoyed by the Grand Meteoron,also known as the Monastery of the Transfiguration.Ioasaph assumed authority upon the death of Athanasius in 1383 and he further expanded the monastery and the Church.

Metsovo:Is the most traditional town in Epirus.It's built on the highest peaks of Pindos,almost at the borders of Epirus,Thessaly and west Macedonia.Metsovo is surrounded by picturesque,big mountains which almost during the whole winter are all white because they are covered in snow.Famous Greek benefactors come from Metsovo like: George Averof,Stergios Stanos,N. Stournaras,Michael Tositsas the first,Evangelos Averof Tosistas who played a very important role in the political and cultural history of Greece in the last 40 years.

Some of the placses you can visit are: The monastery of Agia Paraskevi,The Monastery of Panagia,The churches of Saint Demitrios and Saint Charalambos,The Tossizza Mansion, The garden and the Art Gallery of Averof.