North Star in Karpenisi
This is the house you're looking for. Look for it from the road when you arrive.
Come in and put the kettle on
A full kitchen for slow breakfasts and mountain dinners.
Warm water after a cold day
Fresh towels and a hot shower after a day out exploring.
Sleep in the quiet of the fir forest
Fresh mountain air, a warm duvet, and nights so still you hear the wind in the firs.
Gather by the fireplace
Crackling wood, a blanket and a good book: the evenings here are slow.
Wake up to this view
Fir forest and the peaks of Evrytania, right from your balcony.
Take a look around
Room by room: pick a room above the photos, or just keep swiping. Tap a photo to see all of it.
Outside, 1 of 1: The house from the lane
What's in the house
- Wi-Fi
- Fireplace
- Heating
- Full kitchen
- Washing machine
- Mountain view
- Balcony
- TV
Layered view of the Evrytania mountains on a summer afternoon: the peaks of Velouchi and Tymfristos, a forested ridge and dense fir trees in front.
Evrytania
Around Karpenisi
Velouchi and Tymfristos above, fir forest all around, and stone villages a short drive away.
Worth the drive
Drive times from the house in Megalo Chorio.
Proussos Monastery
Built into the cliff above the Karpenisiotis gorge.
30 min by car
Photo: Neoptolemos7, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Panta Vrechei gorge
Water runs down the rock walls all year. Bring shoes that can get wet.
1 h 20 min by car
Photo: John Karakatsanis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Megalo & Mikro Chorio
Two stone villages under Mount Kaliakouda, with tavernas on the square.
You are here · Mikro Chorio 5 min
Photo: Georgios Pazios, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons
Karveli's café
Alexandros Karvelis's “To Rakomelo”, on the terrace below Megalo Chorio's clock tower: Greek coffee made the old way, galaktoboureko and the mountain across the table.
On the village square, on foot
Photo: Karveli café
Koryschades
One of the stone villages around Karpenisi: a paved square, old stone mansions and the fir forest above. Made for a slow walk and a coffee.
20 min by car
Photo: Iro Gian, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Karpenisi town
Bakeries, a supermarket and cafés on the square.
20 min by car
Photo: G Da, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Saloon Park
Horse riding and a log-cabin saloon with a café-restaurant in the fir forest, about 4 km from Karpenisi on the road to Proussos. A family favourite.
15 min by car
Photo: Saloon Park
Velouchi ski centre
Winter only: open from mid-December to early April, snow permitting, with slopes for every level. The rest of the year the lifts stop, but the meadows are there for walking.
40 min by car
Photo: Anastkyriakos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
From the road to our door
Don't navigate to “Megalo Chorio”: the road to parking 1 turns off before the village, and you would have to drive back. Pick one of the two parking spots below and put its pin straight into Google Maps.
Parking 1 · the road above the house
Tap “Navigate to parking 1” and follow Google Maps straight to the pin: it turns off the main road before you reach the village, so don’t drive into the village first. Leave the car at this junction, then walk straight on into the narrow lane that goes down (the arrow in the photo).
Navigate to parking 1
From parking 1, walk down to the house
Follow the lane in the photo, about 2 minutes on foot. In winter, wear shoes with grip.
Parking 2 · the village square
Or tap “Navigate to parking 2”: the parking on the village square, by the stone fountain. Leave the car here and walk up the street.
Navigate to parking 2
Image: © Google Street View From parking 2, turn left onto the stone path
Halfway up the street, on your left, you will see a painted fairy board (“Evryti”) and a stone fountain. Turn left onto the stone-paved path there and follow the North Star signs to the house.
Image: © Google Street View
Questions? Just ask
Check-in & check-out
- Check-in
- from 15:00
- Check-out
- by 11:00
