Epinis (Ipirus), in the northwest corner of Greece, is mostly
mountainous. It borders with Sterea Ellada to the southeast,
with Macedonia to the northeast, with Albania to the northwest,
and with the lonian sea and the Amvrakic Gulf to the southwest.
Due to its alpine nature and the nearness of its western and
southern parts to the sea, the climate of Epirus is continental
in the interior and mild in the coastal areas.
This part of Greece hosts dozens of large and small mountains,
chief among them the Pindus range. The mountains give the
impression that they are rising up out of the sea, out of
the lonian. Forests, wild vegetation, lagoons, rivers, wet-lands,
provide sanctuary to thousands of birds. Fabulous beaches
and unforgettable verdant shores bathed in sunlight are washed
by the emerald Ionian. Here in Epirus, life flows as quietly
as the rivers. Here fife is filled with the songs of the migratory
birds and the whispering of the leaves. Here the soul is resurrected
in some picturesque village, some magical town.
