Mountain village · Zagori
Papingo
Two villages at the foot of Radovoli, near the northern end of the Vikos Gorge, with the Rogovos rock pools.
- Villages
- Megalo and Mikro Papingo
- Altitude
- 958 m
- Residents
- 223 (municipal unit, 2021)
- Drakolimni
- About 2,000 m, trail about 5 hours
Papingo is a municipal unit in Zagori, covering 34.1 km² with two villages, Megalo and Mikro Papingo, at the foot of Mount Radovoli, inside the Vikos–Aoös National Park. It had 223 residents in 2021.
What to see
The village is near the northern end of the Vikos Gorge. Above it rises Astraka, a snowcapped peak of the Tymphe. Drakolimni, a glacial lake at about 2,000 m, is reached by a footpath of roughly five hours, with a refuge at about 1,950 m. The Kolymbethres (the Ovires of Rogovos) are rock pools carved into limestone by the Rogovos stream.
