Vytina is Arcadia’s classic mountain resort — a village of stone houses and steep slate roofs set among the fir forests of Mainalon, at an altitude that keeps it cool even in the height of summer and turns it into a fireplace-and-snow retreat every winter.
The village has practiced woodcarving for generations, and its workshops still shape furniture and icon frames from the timber of the surrounding forest. Vytina is also one of the key stops on the certified Menalon Trail, the long-distance path that links it onward to Elati, Piana, Dimitsana and Stemnitsa through some of the oldest forest in the Peloponnese.
A short drive down the valley lies ancient Gortys, where the Lousios river runs past the remains of an Asclepieion — a sanctuary and healing centre dedicated to the god of medicine, built beside the same cold springs that still feed the valley today.
Staying in Vytina means mountain air, chestnut and mushroom season on the menu, and a village built for slow mornings and long walks.
Don’t miss
- The Menalon Trail — Vytina is one of its key stops, connecting onward to Elati, Piana, Dimitsana and Stemnitsa.
- Ancient Gortys — the Asclepieion healing sanctuary on the banks of the Lousios river.
- The Elisson springs — the cold-water source that feeds the valley below the village.
- Vytina’s woodcarving workshops — a craft practiced here for generations.
- Elati & Piana — neighbouring fir-forest villages, a short drive away.
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Vytina, Gortynia — Arcadia
Aiora Suites welcomes you to the mountain village of Vytina, deep in the Mainalon Forest — six rooms and six suites in warm, earthy tones, built…
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Vytina, Gortynia — Arcadia
In Vytina, at the foot of Menalon — the boutique house that takes its name from what the Romans called Arcadia: the ark of the gods.
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