Zagori, Greece, "A Secret Treasure".

The Sunday Times Travel Section got it mostly right yesterday, Sunday 24 February, when it recommended Greece's "Secret Treasure", the Zagori:

"Zagori, near the Albanian border, is a place of immense natural beauty, treasured by the Greeks but almost unknown to British tourists. It's a place of wild forests, mountains, rivers, Ottoman-style villages, beautiful arched bridges, hiking trails and the spectacular Vikos Gorge".

Not sure why the authors called the villages "Ottoman-style". They're quintessentially Greek, although the traditional stone architecture does have some features in common with that of neighbouring Balkan countries.

There are plenty of other wonderful guesthouses apart from the one they happen to mention in the village of Ano Pedina.

As they say at the beginning of the article, "Greece may be deep in the economic mire, but its natural assets are still pure gold".