Up Stories in collaboration with the award-winning creator Fotis Passos present for the first time the mysterious forest with tree dancers that literally freezes the blood of those who visit it.
What specifically do we refer to the amazing “Path of Asclepius”, the place in Greece with thousands of herbs
A beautiful route where the ancient healer, collected aromatic plants and medicinal herbs.
This strange natural phenomenon with the deformed trunks of trees that seem to rock is found inside the “Path of Asclepius”.
According to tradition, Asklipios often climbed to the slopes of the famous mountain Koziakas (Kerketio mountain 1,901 m. Altitude), part of southern Pindos that extends from Kalampaka to the Gate of Trikala, in order to collect aromatic and medicinal herbs for the preparation for the healing of his patients. This is a beautiful route in the rich nature, under age-old plane trees and next to the clear and gurgling waters of Kefalopotamos that flow from the “heart” of Koziakas and pass through the villages of Gorgogiri, outside Xyloparoiko, reach Trikala and then poured into Pinios. The waters of the river, rushing in winter and calm in summer, impress pleasantly, like the change of colors every season.
The “Path of Asclepius” evolves into a viral destination for those who seek relaxation and tranquility, in a unique natural environment.
Where are the two already famous forests with dancing trees.
It is worth mentioning that similar forests with similar characteristics (distorted logs) are found both in the coastal forest on the Curonian Spit peninsula that extends from the Lithuanian border to the Russian city of Kaliningrad and in Poland.
The coastal forest on the Curonian Peninsula of Lithuania.
It has been called the “dancing forest” because the trees have strange shapes, as if someone froze them while dancing.
The peninsula is a strip of dune that separates the Curonian Lagoon from the shores of the Baltic Sea and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000 due to its unique natural landscapes.
The “crooked” forest of Poland.
This is another forest with a similar shape located near the town of Gryfino in Poland.
The forest is known because it has 400 pines at the base of which there is an almost uniform inclination curve of ninety degrees and then they continue straight. The trees were planted in the 1930s, when the area was still under German occupation.
The forest with the curved trees covers an area of 17 acres and the surrounding pines are straight.
The reason is not clear, there are two other possible scenarios. The first is that the inhabitants of the area used some tools to bend the bases of the pines and can then more easily use them in the construction of boats and furniture. The other theory is that a terrible snowstorm deformed the trees.
Believe us. In none of the previous and famous forests with “dancing trees” the distortion of the logs is as intense and the surrounding atmosphere as mysterious as in that of the “Path of the Asclepieion”.
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