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NATURE · AUTUMN

Autumn in the Pindus forests

  • 19 min by car · 11.9 km
  • Oct–Nov
  • an afternoon or a day
A stone house with a slate roof and a timber porch under golden trees and firs in Metsovo.
Golden leaves in Metsovo, late October

Photo: DimitrisP67 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

HOW FAR
19 minBy car · 11.9 km
TIME NEEDED
an afternoon or a day
BEST MONTHS
Oct–Nov
WHERE
The road to Anilio Park

The beech and black pine forests of the Pindus, such as those of Valia Calda, change colour in autumn. By car, the road to Anilio Park climbs through beech, pine and fir; further out, Milia is the gateway to Valia Calda.

WHO IT SUITS

  • photographers
  • couples who want a quiet mountain

PRACTICAL

The colours have no fixed week; write to us and we will tell you what we see. Bring a rain jacket: November is one of the wettest months (183 mm on average).

A CAVEAT

No source gives peak weeks; October–November is an estimate to be confirmed by the hostess or the autumn photo shoot.

Stone chimneys on a slate roof with yellow leaves and a dark fir forest behind, in Metsovo.
Chimneys and autumn leaves

Photo: DimitrisP67 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The small stone church of Agios Georgios in a beech wood, the ground carpeted with orange leaves, in the Metsovo area.
Agios Georgios among the beeches

Photo: Ellie Βarmpagiannis · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

SOURCES

Checked on 25 October 2026.

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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

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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

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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