Papingo Rock Pools — Attraction in Zagori Municipality

A great place for cooling off in high summer (when I suspect it gets busy at times) but otherwise a bit lacklustre. What you get to see depends a great deal on when you go and how much water there is. The first pools you encounter are manmade - dams hold the water back to create bathing areas, but when the sluices are open the water is pretty shallow. Penetrate further along the stream into the cleft in the rock and it quickly becomes pretty with interesting vegetation growing out of the walls, but it is difficult to go far without walking in the stream itself, which varies from a trickle...

A place of great natural beauty just outside Megalo Papingo village. The pools were almost empty when we visited, because it was autumn. During the spring when the snow melts the pools get filled with water and you can even swim, if you endure the cold water. In autumn and it was already freezing. You could walk most of the path, some points need extra attention as you cross the stream. We visited on a weekend and it was crowded, many people walking across the pools, some also had their dogs with them. If you go to Papingo, you should...

About 500m before Mikro Papingo, on your left you will see the river of Rogvo and a wooden sign that informs you about the fountains. After you leave the road, follow the path and at 2-3 you will find yourself in front of the first backyards. The stream from this point narrows and becomes essentially a small gorge. The spectacle you see is beautiful and with little care you can continue without a trail for another 10 until you find some of the rest, the verticality and sliding of the walls of the small canyon makes your continuance more...