"Up in the mountains" Pramanda by mindcrime

Pramanda Travel Guide: 23 reviews and 61 photos

Pramanta, a great mountain village!

Pramanda municipality belongs to the Ioannina prefecture (65km south east of Ioannina city) and situated in the mountains of Tzoumerka. The basic village Pramanda is the biggest in Tzoumerka with 1500 inhabitants. The village is built there since 15th century on 840m high at the foothill of Stroggoula (2.107m).

the village

You can find many taverns, cafes and shops to wonder around for a day and you can also see some churches, monasteries, a marvelous cave etc There are two or three small hotels in the area so it will be nice to spend the night here before continue your trip.

Don’t forget your photo camera. From the river Arachthos and up to the mountains until you reach Pramanda you will have some breath taking views, you will see the forests(fir, pine trees and others) and then the empty high mountains (no trees after 1300m). Especially in winter most of the high mountains are covered by snow. Tzoumerka is a mountain chain with many peak over 2000m and covers an area inside the prefectures of Ioannina and Arta. There are 23 villages with around 7500 inhabitants. Most of them do animal husbandry at the mountain pastures etc.

Because of the mountains and the rivers you have many choices of alternative sports like rafting, cayak, hike walk, climb the mountains, mountain bike, canyon crossing etc

It’s too cold during the winter, dress well! It can be very rainy during autumn or spring.

Things to do/see:

central square

-admire the nature around, it is gorgeous
-visit the cave Anemotrypa
-see the old (more than 150 years) plane tree in the central square
-visit the monastery of Agia Paraskevi
-drink water from the “arapis” spring
-visit the church Agia Paraskevi at the central square and some other smaller churches
-visit the near by villages like Melisurgi etc
-do alternative sports like rafting, cayak, mountain bike etc

Last visit to Pramanda: Sep 2007
Intro Updated Jul 4, 2012
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mirchica Jul 4, 2012 at 12:48 PM

I have no idea if the cave is the same but this village looks so intersting :))) Have to visit it!
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deecat Mar 5, 2010 at 1:17 PM

What an informative and insightful page that is filled with brilliant photographs and helpful tips. Appreciate the e-mail giving me information about Greece.
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BruceDunning Aug 21, 2009 at 2:43 PM

You have shown such wonderful scenery, and the cave looks very interesting for having been hidden all these years. Good work on presenting
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elsadran Aug 18, 2009 at 12:44 AM

As I was reading your tip my mouth watered!!! I love patsa!!!!!Delicious!!!
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EviP May 27, 2008 at 11:05 PM

Geia xara!great pages! i was there myself on july07 but couldnt find the names 2 build my pages. Love ur travels!
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kat-m Dec 3, 2007 at 7:14 AM

enjoyed this page , I think I will have to visit you often
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nickandchris Oct 3, 2007 at 8:28 AM

Wonderful!! It is so nice to read pages on the lesser known places in Greece.
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janetanne Sep 23, 2007 at 2:05 PM

Wonderful tips and extremely well written descriptions of places the ordinary tourist would miss for sure! I love this area of Greece, expecially in the autumn.
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Vanity666 Sep 19, 2007 at 12:41 PM

There is snow on the top even now? Cool. Great pictures and helpful tips. Thanx for your share. Respect