Hellenic Net

Το Σπήλαιο Περάματος Ιωαννίνων A three-storey palace, with incomparable beauties and wonderful ornaments, which is among the most beautiful in the Balkans, was created by nature in the bowels of Goritsa hill, which crowns the picturesque village of Perama. The ornaments chosen by nature for this were one of the most beautiful and richest. It lists 19 species of stalactites and stalagmites, while in other caves there are 6-10 species at most. The Perama Cave of Ioannina, located just five kilometers from the city center of Ioannina in the homonymous suburb Perama, on the Goritsa hill. His legs bathes the Pamvotis Ioannina lake, made famous by the legend of Kyra Frosini and Ali Pasha. Geographical Data The plain area of ​​the basin develops around Lake Pamvotida and is surrounded by successive mountains and plateaus. Its highest points are located northwest, with Mount Mitsikeli (altitude 1811 m.) Dominating, while the lower ones develop east and south. In the center, located...

Το Σπήλαιο Γλυφάδα (ή Βλυχάδα) Διρού Vlychada Cave in Diros is one of the most beautiful caves in the world and is located on the west coast of the Laconian Peninsula, in Diros Bay. Under the sparse Mani landscape, nature has patiently and artistically sculpted a miracle beyond imagination – white stalactites and stalagmites, impressive waterfalls and glittering crystals adorn every corner, creating an incomparable spectacle that takes your breath away! There are three Caves in the Diros area, Vlychada, Alepotrypa and Katafygi. Local people have known of the Vlychada cave’s existence since about 1900. But in 1949, when the founders of the Hellenic Speleological Society Giannis and Anna Petrocheilou began to explore it systematically no one suspected the miracle that was hidden inside the cave. By 1960, 1,600 meters had been explored and mapped. From 1987 the Ministry of Culture’s Ephorate of Paleoanthropology – Speleology began a detailed study of the Cave and, in collaboration with an...