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Urbex Villa Levidi Athens GREECE

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The circular tower and entrance to the ruined villa. It was once known as "Levidi Villa" (Βίλα Λεβίδη) or the "mansion with the 70 rooms". Apart of its high society gatherings it was used extensively as a setting for some of the best Greek cinema movies of the 50s and 60s. Today -whatever is left of it- lays in ruins... This is the entrance -shortcut- to the hill from Marathonos avenue. The hill is named "Levidi Hill" from the villas name. You keep on going uphill for like 5-10 min. and you arrive at the entrance of the villa. Arriving at the entrance of the villa, the 1st thing you see is the circular tower. The villa was built in 1935 but the circular tower was already there. There is no information for the tower but it was probably Othoman and built around the 17th-18th century in order to act as a lookout for the area. Some of the movies which were shot here include "Το Λεβεντόπαιδο", "Μια Ιταλίδα από την Κυψέλη...

Rodokalos canyoning - Ypati, GREECE (2017)

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Video from the last 45m. waterfall rappel. Rodokalos gorge is situated in near Ypati, central Greece. As it was November the autumn colors were everywhere! Once again organized by Hellas Canyon. You can leave your cars here as here starts the path towards the gorge. This is the exit point as well.  Its a nice 30-40 min. hike up to enter the gorge from its middle. To do the full longer canyon you need a longer hike.  All the people participating on this activity had done some part of the canyoning academy and now we were going to make use of some of the technique we were taught.  Mood was uplifting and festive.   Its a beautiful gorge which includes a 30m and a 45m waterfall to go down.  Going down the 30m. waterfall, there was not much water flow at this period of the year.  Going down the final 45m. waterfall.   Going down the final 45m. waterfall.   Going down t...