Pantavrechei gorge
The name means "it always rains": water falls year-round from the mossy rock walls of the canyon — one of the most photographed landscapes in Greece, and a canyoning route of legend.
Attractions
A four-season magnet.
Evrytania is a mountainous region of central Greece, 287 km from Athens. Within a 45-minute drive of Voutyro: the Pantavrechei gorge; the cliff-built Byzantine Monastery of Prousos and the 16th-century Tatarna Monastery on the Tavropos; the resistance village of Koryschades and its forest-road dependency at Moni Koumasia; the stone villages of Megalo and Mikro Chorio; the Karpenisiotis valley; and the Velouchi ski centre at 1,840 metres.
The hotel stays open year-round. Winter brings snow on Velouchi and a fire in the lounge; spring, the firs in new growth and the rivers in spate; summer, mountain air and shaded walks; autumn, low light and the chestnut harvest in the surrounding villages.
One of the greenest regions in Greece — fir forests, river-cut canyons, springs and limestone caves — with a documented history that runs from the Byzantine monastic foundations through the 1821 War of Independence to the Free Greece administration of 1944.
The cheese to know here is tsalafouti — a fresh, lightly sour cheese of sheep and goat milk, registered as a Greek PDO product in December 2024 and distinct from the better-known katiki of Domokos. Village tables also bring chortopita with wild greens, river trout from the Karpenisiotis, coq au vin with hand-cut chylopites, and grilled lamb chops.
Not to miss
Eight attractions worth the drive
Holy Monastery of Prousos
A Byzantine monastery built into a cliff face, a pilgrimage site and a dramatic mountain drive, ~45 min from Voutyro.
Holy Monastery of Tatarna
A 16th-century monastery clinging to the rocks above the Tavropos river — restored after the Kremasta dam was built.
Karpenisiotis valley
The long, green valley that begins in Karpenisi and winds south past Voutyro — a panorama of snow-capped peaks, fir forests and small stone villages.
Megalo Chorio & Mikro Chorio
Twin stone villages a short drive away — stone houses, plane trees, home cooking, and the folklore museum at Megalo Chorio.
Koryschades & the 1944 National Council
Stone village 6.6 km from Voutyro by road, or 7.6 km on the forest path. In May 1944 the village schoolhouse hosted the PEEA National Council — 176 of 208 elected councillors meeting from 14 to 27 May, the first Greek elections in which women voted and were elected; today it is the Museum of National Resistance.
Moni Koumasia
Stone monastery on the forest road between Voutyro and Koryschades, founded in 1661 as a dependency of Prousos and dedicated to the Nativity of the Theotokos. Destroyed by Ottoman forces in 1821 and again by German troops in August 1944, then rebuilt in 1950 with donations from Evrytanian emigrants in the United States.
Karpenisi Ski Centre
At Velouchi, 20 km from Voutyro. Slopes for every level, ski schools and a chalet with a view to the top of Roumeli.