+30 6944100080 | +30 6949209033

explore

in Oreini Dorida

East of the Rio-Antirrio crossing stretches the Corinthian Gulf. On its northern side, the baton for the highest mountains, after Macedonia and Epirus, is taken by Central Greece and especially Fokida, since Giona and Vardousia rise there at 2.5 km. Today's Dorida is the municipality that covers the western side of Phocis. Its boundaries start east of Nafpaktos at the point where the river Mornos flows into the Corinthian Gulf. The Municipality of Doris is one of the two administrative subdivisions of Phocis. It is the authentic, unspoilt corner of Central Greece! On its northern borders, the Vardousia Mountains rival in height the Giona Mountains that rise on their right and separate Dorida from Parnassis, the present-day Municipality of Delphi. The whole Attica basin drinks water from Dorida. In 1979 the construction of the 125 m high Mornos dam was completed, which holds back the waters from the rivers Mornos and Evinos and other tributaries. The result is an artificial lake with an average surface area of 15.5 square kilometres, forming a fjord of unique beauty in Greece!

AMYGDALIA

AMYGDALIA

Click Here

KAROUTES

KAROUTES

Click Here

SIKEA

SIKEA

Click Here

LIDORIKI

LIDORIKI

Click Here

ARTOTINA

ARTOTINA

Click Here

PENTAGIOU

PENTAGIOU

Click Here

TEICHIO

TEICHIO

Click Here

PALAIOXARI

PALAIOXARI

Click Here

POTIDANEIA

POTIDANEIA

Click Here
Facebook-f Instagram Tripadvisor

Proceed Booking

error: Content is protected !!
Accessibility

Accessibility

Increase Font SizeDecrease Font SizeLight contrastHigh contrastReset Settings

amygdalia

Amygdalia is located on the north side of the mountain range that closes the valley of Velas towards the sea (Koutsouros, St. Dimitris, Prof. Elias, Mesovouni) at an altitude of 640 m and overlooks the lake of Mornos. The village was founded before 1800. Since 1833 it belonged to the municipality of Tolofonos and in 1912 it was recognized as the community of Plessa. The name Plessa is Slavic and means ‘bald place, unwooded pasture’. In 1927 it was renamed as the Community of Amygdalia and today it belongs to the Municipality of Doris.

The three-day festival around the feast of Panagia Koutsouriotissa, August 22, 23 and 24, was one of the best in the province. On the eve of August 22, before Vespers, sports games are held on a field near the monastery, which also celebrates February 2 and Easter Monday. The chapel of St. Triti celebrates on the Tuesday after Easter.

A megalopolis, Amygdalia participated in the liberation struggle of 1821 with dozens of fighters, but also in the later struggles of our country. This offer and various related historical events are described in detail in the excellent book “Plessa – Amygdalia” by Areopagitou Athanasios Th. This is a very interesting and interesting story in the book “The Gospel of Christ” by Athanasius Athanasius Athanasius Athanasius Maneta.

karoutes

Since 1836 it belongs to the Municipality of Aegiti as Karoutani and as Karoutais since 1869. In 1912 it was recognized as a Community with the name Karoutai. In 1889 it had 583 inhabitants and some administrative offices.

The name is derived from the Slavic words Korito and Koryto, which mean tub, watering trough or animal feeder, perhaps because of the shape of the site.

The village is located in a pass – neck on the southern extension of Giona, at an altitude of 1,040 m on the mountain road Lidoriki – Amfissa. Its periphery is 35,000 sq.m., mostly forested with fir and cedar trees. Its pastures are wonderful. The lentils of Karoutes were famous in the past. The livestock farming of the area is very well developed, which, although it has declined, is still practised by the inhabitants of the village. In the past, the Karutians used to cultivate their land, mainly vineyards, in Paleokastro in what is now Pentapolis, which is why the settlement was known as ‘Karoutiana Hania’.

The subsoil of the wider area of the village is rich in bauxite ore, which has been mined for decades, but as a result, the natural environment of Giona has been visibly altered and irreparably damaged.

The altitude, the unparalleled ‘Swiss landscape’, the sharp ridges and depressions, the unique locations – plateaus ‘Karoutianos Kampos’, ‘Gardenitsa’ and others, make Karoutes a unique and accessible place for visiting and holidaying.

In the village there is the church of Agios Nikolaos, while the festival of Agia Paraskevi is held in the chapel of the cemetery and the village meeting of the Holy Spirit.

The first houses were built around the 16th century a little further south, in the place known as “Paliochori”. The lack of water forced the inhabitants to settle on the site of the present village, where they discovered two small water springs.

During the years of the German-Italian Occupation, the first drop in Greece by planes of the British Air Force (RAF), which started from Cairo, took place at the “Fir Tree of Karoutianos Kampos” on the night of 30th of November 1942. That was when the first British saboteur mission parachuted into occupied Greece to organize sabotage, with the cooperation of Greek guerrillas. Karoutes has been described as a martyred village, burned and destroyed four times by the occupiers and had human casualties.

On August 5, 1944, ELAS guerrillas, in collaboration with English and American saboteurs, trapped a battalion of 250 elite German soldiers in Karutes and exterminated it. In this deadly battle, more than 100 Germans and their commander were killed. More of the dead were prisoners. 29 partisans and three Carutian civilians were also killed.

sykea

The name of the village seems to have come from the words Skia, Iskia, Sykia. The village belonged, from 1836, to the municipality of Aegiti and in 1912 it was recognized as a community. The oldest location of the village was at Megali Vrysi, in “Paliochoria”. It seems that the area was inhabited continuously since classical times.

Sykia is located in a shady gully on the western side of Giona, at an altitude of 710. below a towering vertical cliff, even with a negative slope. Every year many climbers come here to climb these rocks. To the east and close above rises the ‘pyramid’, the highest peak of Giona (2512 m) N.E., in a ravine of wild beauty, the famous ‘Lazorema’. At its feet, towards the ravine, picturesque caves stretch out, which arouse the interest of visitors.

Near the border with Lefkaditi, there is the “Kargio” exclave that saved many people during the Turkish occupation.

The parish church of Ag. Paraskevi and the chapels of Zoodochos Pigi (Arsalis), Ag. Athanasios, Panagia and Ag.

Of particular interest is the church of Zoodochos Pigi, from the years of the Turkish occupation, in a cave with stalactites and stalagmites. The icon of the church was found there. Many pilgrims flock to its celebration and admire the unique spectacle of the church and the landscape.

lidoriki

Lidoriki was designated the capital of the Doris Province (of the Prefecture of Fokis) from 1833 and from 1836 the capital of the Municipality of Aegitios, which resulted from the merger of the municipalities of Aegitios, Yiaia and Korakas. The first references are made in Byzantine times. In the list of bishoprics, Leo the Wise (886 – 912 AD) mentions the Diocese of Lidorikiou, which belonged to Larissa. It is also mentioned by Bishop Aretha of Caesarea (850 – 932 AD).

In 1912 it was recognized as the Community of Lidoriki, including the settlements of Chania Stenou, Lefka (until 1915), Vraila and Paleokastro (until 1919). Much has been said and written about the origin and correct spelling of the name “Lidoriki”. The prevailing opinion is that it comes from the word ‘Limodories – Limodorikios’. Before 1955 it was presented with the writing Lidorikion and in the year 1955 it was reverted to the writing “Lidorikion” but in later years the writing Lidoriki prevailed which is still used today.

The capital today of the Kallikratiko Municipality of Doris, is located at the foot of the western side of the mountain range of Giona. It overlooks the lake of Mornos, Vardousia and the peaks of Giona.

The visitor can spend pleasant moments of peace in Lidoriki, no matter what time of year he visits. The artificial lake of Mornos, combined with the mountain ranges, has created a charming landscape.

The parish church of Zoodochos Pigi with the imposing bell tower of Zoodochos Pigi, which is a trademark of the town. In the church is kept part of the sacred relics of St. Ignatius, which were donated by the ruined monastery of St. Marina Clemma Yia in Vardousia. The old church of Agios Georgios in Varousi is also celebrated, and sports competitions (stone throwing etc.) are held. Elias and Agios Georgios, Analipsius, and Cosmas the Aetolian across the lake, near Steno.

ΑrΤΟΤΙΝΑ

Artotina is the captain’s village of Dorida, the birthplace of the daring heroes of 1821, Athanasios Diakos, Demos Skaltsas, Andritso Safakas, Yannis Safakas and a whole lot of other lads who sacrificed their lives in the fight for freedom, is located at an altitude of 1100 – 1350m in the bosom of “Korakas”, on the side of Pyramid (2350m) in an area with craggy trenches, with rushing streams and rivers such as: the Saita, the Vardoussiotis, the Eynos-Fidaris nutrient springs. It is an area where the charioteers and thieves set up their caravans in the Turkish occupation, numerous toponyms denote the heroes of Artotina “The cell of Diakos”, “Safaka’s drumsticks”, “Skaltsodimos the fir tree”, “Giannoula’s cave”, “Goulas the back”, and many others.

pentagiou

One cannot describe the Pentagians without mentioning the legendary and much sung all over Greece, Maria Pentagiotissa, the beautiful “teacher”, whose apron was used to “slaughter lads”. Pentagio is built at 950m altitude, below Xirovouni and is a continuation of the ancient Greek Rigas in the village of Paleochori, which is located twenty minutes north-east of the village. The etymology of the name probably comes from five saints (churches) that exist there. The active Pentagians brought out personalities who were interested in the problems not only of their place, but also of the whole Dorida.

In 1905, the Pendagiotis Papatsouris Athanasios published the first Doris newspaper entitled “Doris” from where he raised a voice of protest about the miserable state of the villages in matters concerning education, public safety, public transport. The Pentagians honoured him by naming their sports centre “Athanasios Papatsouris”. They also publish the award-winning, multi-page newspaper “Pentagiotiki Stochasmos”. In Pentagio there are several picturesque chapels and the imposing church of Pammegistoi Taxiarches. The village also has a cultural hall called the “Vardusian School of Eleftherios Logos” which has a library of 300 volumes, a primary school and a rural clinic.

tichio

North of Kampos is Tichio, on the eastern slopes of the peak of Turla (704 m) and on the northern slopes of the peak of Vigla (Kastri 1,090 m). Until 1929 it was called Lykochori (Wolf and Space).

The new name owes its new name to the ancient Aetolian city of Teichion which was conquered in 426 BC by the Athenian General Demosthenes. Indeed, antiquities have been found in various places in the village. In Vrana, where the church of the Holy Apostles is located, about 1 km to the west of the village where ancient building remains and small objects have been found. Also in the place Katafydi on a rocky hill, where now the church of Agios Ioannos Theologos, there are traces of fortification. To which Aetolian town these antiquities belong is unknown. Lycochori may have been called Teichion, but it is not certain that the ancient Teichion existed here. Some place the ancient Teichion here, while more recent research places the temple of Pyrgia Athena at Agioi Apostoloi, and the walled citadel of Potideia at Katafidi.

It is a beautiful village, with its cobbled inner streets. In the centre of the village, the building where the Mayor of Potidaneia Papapostolou was born is preserved in very good condition, built by Constantinopolitan craftsmen with oiled stone and village materials, with old interior decoration and carved ceilings. By decision of the Ministry of Culture it has been classified as a preserved monument.

paleoxari

East of Tichio is Paleoxari, on the northern slope of the Trikorfo mountain range. Until 1959 it was called Kato Paleoxari. During the last years of the Turkish occupation it had 30 families. Leak an English officer describing his journey from Lidoriki to Nafpaktos states: “13 February 1806. After an arduous ascent we arrive at Hani Paleoxari, named after the village below, near it, whose cultivated lands descend in steps to the bank of the Mornos”. It seems that at that time it was not divided into Upper and Lower. A few years later in the register recorded by the Frenchman Poqueville (circa 1815) the distinction is mentioned. The word Paleoxari is a compound of Greek paleos and Turkish hisar = castle (Paleo-hisar = paleo-hsar = Paleoxari), i.e. Paleokastro. So there must have been an ancient castle somewhere near there. In the area of Prophet Elias, two miles north of the village near the left bank of the Mornos, some ivy tombs have been found.

In the modern village, amidst the natural beauty created by the surrounding mountain peaks and a network of streams, the parish church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary with its two bell towers dominates.

potidaneia

East of Paleoxari is Potidania, also perched on a slope of the mountain range of Trikorfos.Until 1940 it was called Ano Paleoxari. In 1940 it was renamed Potidania and finally Potidania.The parish church is the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, built in 1851, with its remarkable iconostasis and old icons, and the remarkable decoration of the wooden ceiling. In 1999, an open-air amphitheatre with a capacity of 600 seats was built at the Agios Georgios’ agnantium at the entrance of the village. The village is green and in a panoramic position with an excellent view of the mountains of Fokida, Giona and Vardousia.In Potidania, in November, the tsipouro festival is organized.