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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Alex Sakalis

Greece reborn: reversing the fortunes of a ghostly mountain village

The 15th-century village of Vamvakou in the Peloponnese.
The 15th-century village of Vamvakou in the Peloponnese. Photograph: Vamvakou Revival


At first glance, Vamvakou seems like many other mountain villages in the Peloponnese, with pretty, stone houses and cobbled streets fanning down to a large square. But Vamvakou is no ordinary village. In fact, it’s at the centre of an ambitious plan to revive the fortunes of Greek mountain villages, many of which are on the verge of extinction.

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