Spearfishing Documentary APO TA MATIA TOY KINIGOU No4. HUNTING IN BLUE - PART 2 (Eng Sub)
Spearfishing Documentary
APO TA MATIA TOY KINIGOU No4.HUNTING IN BLUE
PART 2 - Κυνηγώντας στο μπλε ΜΕΡΟΣ 2ο
available in ENGLISH SUBTITLES
U/W hunting & Filming Yiannis Tsilivakos
U/W camera assistant Spiros Marinis
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Peace In Greece A World Away From The Bars And Beaches In The Unspoiled Pindus Mountains
It does get warm in the summer, but at more than 6,000ft there is a very pleasant coolness to the evenings.
We took a rest at a little church, Ekklisia Panagia, at the valley bottom, by a bend in the bright blue water of the stream that winds along the bed of the gorge.
In November, everyone seemed to be distilling their own version of Tsipouro. Strangely, most people were hiring stills kept in churches. Very Greek.
After my hike I headed for my room at another (not so hidden) gem, the Aristi Mountain Resort & Villas, a collection of dice-like buildings standing over the village of Aristi.
Aristi is one of the largest and most central hilltop villages in Zagori – giving almost all the rooms a fantastic view across the valley dominated by the Astraka peak.
Local produce is a highlight of a dinner in the resort’s Salvia restaurant. There might be bean soup and mousse trout bruschetta followed by lamb shank with celeriac and rosemary caramel, washed down by a regional cabernet sauvignon.
On the subject of wine , the resort runs tasting trips as part of its activities programme. Or there’s yoga, horse riding, jeep safaris, canyoning, hang gliding, climbing and fly fishing. Or just sit in the lounge with a good book.
The next morning there was the sound of cowbells across the valley as I headed for my chosen activity, a spot of gentle river rafting in an eight-man inflatable boat on the Voidomatis river.
It’s the cleanest river in Greece and one of the cleanest in Europe. So clean, it’s safe to drink.
In spring, when the river is bursting with snow melt, the rafting is a little more exciting. But being a complete coward around water I was happy with the slower pace in autumn and a chance to observe sparrowhawks and dippers along the bank.
Lunch was taken at a taverna in Monodendri, one of the mountain villages, where I was invited to try the regional delicacies of blazaria (a kind of pizza pie), galotyri (soft goat cheese) a beans and greens dish that had no name, and honey with smoked cheeses.
Very inexpensive and went well with a glass of the local debina dry white wine. This relatively undiscovered and unspoiled part of ‘secret’ Greece has so much to offer. Not least that glass of Tsipouro.
And if you really can’t cope without going to the beach, Parga, a resort on the Ionian Sea, is only two hours away.
Though why on earth you’d want to leave here beats me...