Epirus has maintained a separate identity from the rest of Greece since 1204 ... take a day out of Arta to kayak along the River Acheron. Dip your paddle into its blue-green waters, but be ...

In real life, the Acheron is far from its ancient mythological reputation as “the river of woe.” The 32-mile-long waterway in Epirus, a region in northwest Greece, teems with life, enchanting ...

Travelling in late August to Epirus, a mountainous region ... To buy walking maps of the region, see: anavasi.gr. Greek mythology has it that the Acheron river is where the souls of the newly ...

The city of Preveza is also accessible from Epirus by Greece's first undersea tunnel ... the important archaeological site Necromanteion of Acheron, the historical site of the Temple of Hades.

High in the black mountains of Epirus, close to the northwestern tip of Greece, winding its way through the thick forest, is the river Acheron, the river of woe. According to Greek mythology ...

From a bleak stone cottage in Epirus came news that shook the Greek exile Government apart. After 20 days of wary talk in the shadow of the snowy Pindus Range, Greeks in Greece clasped hands ...

Coumoundouros, the Greek Premier, indicated that his action would be armed occupation of Thessaly and Epirus and part of Macedonia, in order to protect the Greeks of those provinces from outrages ...

Traditional music from the remotest parts of Greece - in this programme Lucy Duran visits Epirus, high up in the north on the Albanian border. Including the ancient and almost lost art of polyphony.

Loading Travelling in late August to Epirus, a mountainous region ... in forest as far as the eye can see. Greek mythology has it that the Acheron river is where the souls of the newly dead ...