There are many beautiful forests in Greece with a great variety of trees, plants and fauna.

There is one forest that is quite different from the others and will leave you speechless with its beauty and uniqueness. It is the Stone Forest and there is no other area like that in Greece, while there is one left in the rest of the world. It is a geotope that leaves the visitor speechless, especially if he happens to discover it on his way. For indeed, the Stone Forest is located in the middle of nowhere in a landscape of captivating beauty.

The Stone Forest is located in Epirus, specifically in the prefecture of Ioannina. In the famous and much photographed Zagorochoria. Where nature has taken care to create green scenes, but also rare images like this one. In fact, the Stone Forest is a composition of limestone so chiselled that you think you see trees made of stone. Time and nature have essentially created a majestic forest of stones formed by structures of fine-grained limestone.

And of course, it is a creation of thousands of years, as it took many years for this slab to erode and decay. If you don't know the place and you're passing by chance, your surprise is even greater, because in fact this particular stone forest is located in a normal forest full of oaks and maples. It's not just the alpine scenery that you will love in Zagorochoria. It is these small wonders of nature, the special architecture, the gastronomy and the hospitality of the inhabitants. You will spend some of the best days of your life there, and time is never enough. Because you will always discover a new secret. The stone forest is definitely one of them.

The second is the local traditional pies with the crispy sheet that the housewives make. Don't leave if you haven't tried them.

How to get to the Stone Forest

Since you are already in Zagorochoria, meet the Stone Forest on the road from the village of Monodendri to the village of Oxia, from where you can admire the gorge of Vikos.