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FAMILY · SUMMER, AUTUMN

Anilio Park in summer

  • 19 min by car · 11.9 km
  • Jun–Sep
  • half a day
An autumn hillside at Anilio with yellow and golden trees and a small house with a red roof.
Anilio in autumn

Photo: Στάθης Κουτσιαύτης · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

HOW FAR
19 minBy car · 11.9 km
TIME NEEDED
half a day
BEST MONTHS
Jun–Sep
WHERE
Anilio Park

Anilio's ski area is a summer mountain too: mountain biking, trail running, slackline, hiking and climbing lessons, in a forest of beech, pine and fir. From the top, at 1,850 metres, the view reaches Tymfi, Olympus, the Tzoumerka and Grammos. The Anilio Park Festival takes place there in early August.

WHO IT SUITS

  • families with children who need to move
  • cyclists and runners

PRACTICAL

Summer programme and prices are announced by Anilio Park (bookings +30 697 224 4064). The festival ran on 8–10 August 2025 and 7–9 August 2026, ticketed, with organised camping and activities around the ski area's lake.

A CAVEAT

On 25 Oct 2026 the hours page said the pistes and chalet were closed; summer operating days are not published in advance.

Official website · www.aniliopark.gr

SOURCES

Checked on 25 October 2026.

STAY IDEAS

Stay ideas that include it

The tiled roofs of Metsovo on a green hillside below the forest on a summer evening.

Summer5–7 nights

Photo: Ellibah · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

A cool August

August 2025, average low: 13.5 °C in Metsovo, 25.1 °C in Athens. Average high: 25.0 against 32.9 °C.

SUITE Pátru

NEXT DATES

  • Mid-August 2027 12–17 August 2027 Available
  • Mid-August 2028 11–16 August 2028 Available
ASK FOR AUGUST DATES The whole plan

AUTUMN

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The cobbled main square of Metsovo in the shade of the great plane tree, lined with shops.

3 minOn foot

Photo: Mixalis08 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

CULTUREALL YEAR

The square and the Kastro

The Greek National Tourism Organisation calls Metsovo's square one of the most famous in mountain Greece: tall plane trees, Agia Paraskevi with its carved 1730 iconostasis, the 1858 fountain and, on the benches, elderl…

Tip: On August evenings the square hosts events and the road around the Kastro is closed to cars (2026: 31 July–20 August, 20:00–23:30).

How far
3 min on foot
Time needed:
30 minutes, or as long as a coffee

Best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

The slate roofs of the Averoff Gallery in Metsovo, with the Pindus mountains beyond.

4 minOn foot

Photo: C messier · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

CULTUREALL YEAR

Averoff Gallery

A museum of 19th- and 20th-century Greek painting, open since 27 August 1988, with more than 700 works; about 250 hang permanently, from Gyzis and Lytras to Parthenis, Ghikas, Moralis and Tetsis.

Tip: Open daily, including public holidays, 10:00–16:00, closed on Tuesdays.

How far
4 min on foot
Time needed:
1–2 hours

Best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

The stone Tositsa mansion with its timber oriel, now the Folk Art Museum of Metsovo.

6 minOn foot

Photo: C messier · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

CULTUREALL YEAR

Tositsa Mansion, the Folk Art Museum

A real Metsovo mansion, first built in 1661 and a museum since 1955, with its textiles, furniture and costumes.

Tip: Daily 10:00–16:00, closed on Thursdays.

How far
6 min on foot
Time needed:
1 hour

Best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December