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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Susan Smillie

In the Greek midwinter: hiking around the Vikos gorge, Greece’s ‘Grand Canyon’

Writer Susan Smillie and Daisy the dog in the Vikos gorge area.
Winter walkies … writer Susan Smillie and Daisy the dog in the Vikos gorge area. Photograph: Wolfgang Hainzl

“Daisy,” I say, eyeing the snowy peaks rising heroically before us. “I’ve a feeling we’re not at sea level any more.” The little terrier sniffs at a biting cold wind. Imposing peaks called the Towers of Astraka dwarf the small hamlet of Papigo, which is perched at roughly 1,000 metres and reached by a road of hairpin turns.

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