Editorial place profile
Ursa Trail Metsovo
At a glance
Ursa Trail Metsovo is a forty-kilometre hiking system around Metsovo, divided into sections through Pindos forest and mountain landscapes. Shorter booked walks and the separate trail-running event each have their own routes and conditions.
Practical details
- Area
- Metsovo, east of Ioannina
- Whole system
- 40km, divided into sections
- Published example
- Trekking Hellas: 9km/four-hour guided loop
- Return or key condition
- Choose the section; guided product and running race differ
The forty-kilometre walking system
The trail’s own site describes a forty-kilometre route around Metsovo, divided into four sections, with the municipality as management/financing operator and the local athletic club and volunteers involved in maintenance. It records a 2016 Leading Quality Trails recognition from the European Ramblers’ Association. That dated award and the separate annual running event do not establish current path conditions or race access.
A nine-kilometre guided section
Trekking Hellas’ four-hour loop starts at the Fallen Cavalrymen monument at Metsovo’s northwest entrance, visiting Karakoli, Politsioura and the Kalligomeno Aloni ridge before returning. The product lists +445m ascent, age seven-plus and basic fitness, with guide, poles, taxes and liability insurance. Published prices are €25 per person with four participants, €35 with three, or €50 with two; they apply to this section, not the entire Ursa Trail.
Contact and published information
Where this place fits
Sources and review dates
- Ursa Trail: walking system around Metsovo — Route operator information — checked 2026-10-18. Forty-kilometre trail and four sections, trail management and recorded 2016 recognition; race information is separate.
- Trekking Hellas: nine-kilometre Ursa section — Route operator information — checked 2026-10-18. Four-hour guided loop, participant-dependent per-person prices, age seven+, guide/poles/taxes/liability insurance.
Author and corrections
Sarah Haddad is responsible for this profile. It is based on the published sources cited here; no firsthand visit or independent service test is claimed.