This 130.000-acre forest is the biggest oak forest in the whole Balkans. It is located on the west side of Aetoloakarnania prefecture, extending from the coastal area of Astakos and Platygyalos to Acheloos river on the east and Ozero lake on the northeast. This forest belongs to the municipality but there are a few private fields, mainly...
- Aetoloakarnania Prefecture / Nature / Forests
A protected forest, because of its rare ecosystem and beauty, is located north of the delta of Acheloos near the village of Lesini. The forest consists mainly of towering ash trees (called “fraxos” in Greek, and giving the forest its name), that even reach a height of 25 meters and diameter of 3. Following the paved, 3,5-kilometer long path you...