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Milia and Anthochori: wood, water, village feasts

  • 24 min by car · 19.6 km
  • May–Oct
  • half a day each
A stone arch, stone houses and a flagstone lane in Milia near Metsovo, with mountains behind.
Milia, the village inside the Pindus National Park

Photo: Juggertrout · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

HOW FAR
24 minBy car · 19.6 km
TIME NEEDED
half a day each
BEST MONTHS
May–Oct
WHERE
Milia

Milia, 'Ameru' in Vlach, is the municipality's only village inside the Pindus National Park and a village of woodcarvers; it has a folk museum and, 3 km outside, the Boulouvaros waterfalls. In Anthochori, the open-air Water-Power Museum shows watermills, fulling tubs and water-driven hammers among cobbled paths and small bridges, with a café.

WHO IT SUITS

  • families: waterfalls on a 100-metre path, watermills
  • anyone looking for woodcarving straight from the maker

PRACTICAL

In August both villages have a programme: a week of events in Milia leading up to the 15 August feast, and in Anthochori open-air cinema, a morning walk and a weaving workshop (2026). The Water-Power Museum publishes no opening hours. On 1–2 January Milia holds its New Year masquerade.

A CAVEAT

No opening hours were found for the Milia folk museum or the Water-Power Museum.

Official website · dimosmetsovou.gr

The single-arch stone bridge of Vovousa over the Aoos, with the village and forest in the afternoon light.
The stone bridge of Vovousa (1748) on the Aoos

Photo: Stelios Papalampropoulos · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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.

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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