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A gallery made of photos taken during an autumn hike (Oktober 2008) to the Dragonlake and Gamila 1 peak.

Currently, the best available maps for the Greek mountains are the ones published by the Greek cartographic company Anavasi. The following maps cover the most popular trails in the north Pindos mountains.

- Mt Smolikas topo 1: 25 000

- Mt Smolikas - Mt Grammos 1:50 000

 - Zagori 1:50 000

Searching on Flickr I have found this beautiful HDR photo. A shepherd with his horse up on the mountains of South Pindos.

KTEL is the main bus company in Greece. They operate the various bus schedules that connect Ioannina (the capital of Epirus district) with many other Greek cities and towns.

Athen - Ioannina price 33Eur one way, KTEL do not offer return tickets for this line!
Athens - Ioannina: several buses from 07.00 to 22.00 trip 6.5hrs
Ioannina - Athens: severall buses from 07.00 to 24.00 trip 6.5hrs

Costas Zissis (www.zissisphoto.com), a local landscape prof. photographer, has published his new photo - book about Zagori.