Drakolimni, Vikos–Aoös National Park

Name: Drakolimni
Address: Vikos–Aoös National Park, Greece

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Drakolimni is the name of several alpine or sub-alpine lakes in northwestern Greece Epirus region: the ones in mountain Tymfi and Smolikas are the most widely known. According to local folktales the lakes used to be inhabited by dragons who fought each other by throwing pines and rocks and thus created the peculiar landscape and gave their names to the lakes. ()

Local name: Δρακόλιμνη Elevation: 6568 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 39°59'39"N, 20°47'12"E

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Vikos–Aoös National Park Greece

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Drakolimni – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Vikos Gorge, Tymfi, Pindus, Konitsa.

3.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Vikos Gorge, Vikos–Aoös National Park
90 min walk • The Vikos Gorge or Vikos Canyon is a gorge in the Pindus Mountains of north-western Greece. It lies on the southern slopes of Mount Tymphe with a length of about 32 km, depth ranging from 120 to 1350 m, and a width ranging from 2500 m to only a few meters at its narrowest part.
1.7 miSE
Nature trails to a remote rocky summit
Tymfi, Vikos–Aoös National Park
44 min walk • Tymfi or Tymphe, Timfi, also Tymphi is a mountain in the northern Pindus mountain range, northwestern Greece. It is part of the regional unit of Ioannina and lies in the region of Zagori, just a few metres south of the 40° parallel.
2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Pindus, Vikos–Aoös National Park
51 min walk • The Pindus is a mountain range located in Northern Greece and Southern Albania. It is roughly 160 km long, with a maximum elevation of 2,637 metres.
4.2 miNW
Locality
Konitsa
107 min walk • Konitsa is a town of Ioannina in Epirus, Greece. It is located north of the capital Ioannina and near the Albanian border. Northeast of Konitsa lies a group of villages known as the Zagorochoria.
5.2 miE
Village
Vrysochori, Pindus National Park
133 min walk • Vrysochori is one of the Zagori Aromanian villages, in the Ioannina regional unit, Greece. Vrysochori is in the Tymfi municipal unit, and is about 75 km from Ioannina.
1.4 miSW
39°58'44"N • 20°46'7"E
Timfi mounatain refuge "D.Georgoulis", Vikos–Aoös National Park
37 min walk • Hiking, Alpine hut