Top Ioannina Extreme Sports

Choose Deos Canyon, for an incomparable experience! Deos gorge is located at a short distance from Metsovo, near the village of Paleochori. Canyoning is an activity quite demanding, in a water field , into a cave. it is great for adventure seekers and experienced canyoners. Deos canyon is a unique canyoning experience and a lifetime experience. The landscape and the cave is stunning, plus the canyon itself it's so exiting and very impressive, Canyoning in Deos canyon is one of the most extreme activities in Epirus as it is one of the most demanding and high-maintenance in Greece.

Explore the traditional stone bridges of Zagori and enjoy a cool shower at the waterfall of Iliochori, on a magnificent off-road route with a cooking experience. An excursion with a 4×4 vehicle for lovers of off-road routes that includes many of the beautiful villages of Zagori and combines the traditional stone bridges with a unique experience in the forests and nature of Zagori.

The vast mountains surrounding Ioannina are filled with surprises. One of the most beautiful is «the villages behind the mountains”. There you can find 46 villages of incomparable beauty, drowned in vegetation. Stone is everywhere too, either as a part of the scenery or by human creation.

Take a Half Day Tour to Papingo from Ioannina, to marvel the Vikos Canyon and visit some of the most characteristic local villages. The village of Papingo is located in Zagorochoria, an area that is in the Tentative Lists of UNESCO Heritage Sites, near the northern end of the Vikos Gorge and is inside the Vikos–Aoös National Park. Vikos Gorge is the largest canyon in Greece and arguably in all of Europe: it is the gorge with the greatest depth to width ratio, according to the Guinness Book of Records 1997. The village of Papingo is surrounded by deciduous forests and topped by the snowcapped Astraka peak of Mt Tymphe, that towers over the village.