About this stop
The village route from Vikos descends toward the Voidomatis before climbing toward Papigo. Topoguide documents the Mikro Papigo–Vikos connection; use a current navigation source for the reverse walk. This pin is Mikro Papigo; Megalo Papigo is a separate village nearby. Choose the mountain outing here if you want it: climb to Astraka refuge, stay overnight and visit the Dragon Lake of Tymfi when conditions allow. The refuge’s guidance describes almost 6 km uphill and roughly 1,000 m of ascent to the hut, with the lake about another 1½ hours away one way. Reserve the hut and check its announced opening dates. The national park prohibits swimming in its rivers and lakes, including the dragon lakes. In the twelve-day plan, stay in Papigo before and after the mountain overnight. You can spend those days on shorter village outings or omit them for the ten-day version. Continue to Konitsa by road. Visiting the refuge or lake is optional when recording this place. Photograph: The stone houses of Mikro Papigo in Zagori, Greece. Ozcraft99 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped and colour graded for display.