{"id":27486,"date":"2020-09-17T15:26:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T12:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/uncategorized\/the-little-switzerland-in-a-beautiful-corner-of-greece\/27486\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T13:18:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T11:18:31","slug":"the-little-switzerland-in-a-beautiful-corner-of-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/en\/greece\/the-little-switzerland-in-a-beautiful-corner-of-greece\/27486\/","title":{"rendered":"The little&#8230; Switzerland in a beautiful corner of Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A special alpine landscape. Green areas and rare beauty images. It&#8217;s like you&#8217;re in a foreign country, like Switzerland. And yet you are in the heart of Greece and specifically in Achaia. It is a green landscape around <strong>Lake Velymachio<\/strong> that leaves you speechless. <strong>In the shadow of Mount Erymanthos in Achaia, you meet another Greece, so picturesque and so green.<\/strong> You become one with nature and you think of how you could stay there forever.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Achaia: The little&#8230; Switzerland in a beautiful corner of Greece<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Lake Velymachiou is an artificial lake located in the Daska area in the village of Velymache in Achaia. It was only created in 2014 and around it now spreads a beautiful and special alpine landscape. A rare place. The lake was created by a dirt dam and has a capacity of 1.2 million cubic meters of water. <strong>Through this beautiful artificial lake, crops are irrigated in areas of 2,000 acres.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Initially, it was not to create the dam there. The initial construction would take place in an area where archaeological finds were eventually found. The dam today is a habitat of fish and rare bird species. And the scenery is magnificent. A setting of absolute peace and tranquility.<\/p>\n<p>It is not by chance one of the most favorite destinations in the Peloponnese. It is an ideal location to relax and come into greater contact with nature. The images from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o6CBggyqKF8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>YouTube&#8217;s Haanity<\/strong><\/a> channel speak for themselves. A unique alpine landscape that fascinates you! The magical nature of Greece with its diversity and the proof that sometimes human intervention can give its beautiful touch. Like Lake Velymachus.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o6CBggyqKF8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/destinations\/o-proorismos-konta-stin-athina-poy-moiazei-me-nisi-eno-den-einai\/27373\/#.X2NUymgzaUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The destination is close to Athens and looks like an island while it is not<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/destinations\/lakonia-peloponnisos-ayti-einai-i-mikri-kai-entyposiaki-kypros-tis-lakonias\/27318\/#.X2DhDGgzaUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This is the small and impressive &#8220;Cyprus&#8221; of Laconia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/destinations\/evvia-paralia-chiliadoy-i-agapimeni-gia-ta-teleytaia-mpania-toy-fthinoporoy\/27264\/#.X1-CF2gzaUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Hiliadou Beach: One of the best for the latest autumn dives<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special alpine landscape. Green areas and rare beauty images. It&#8217;s like you&#8217;re in a foreign country, like Switzerland. And yet you are in the heart of Greece and specifically in Achaia. It is a green landscape around Lake Velymachio that leaves you speechless. In the shadow of Mount Erymanthos in Achaia, you meet another&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":27488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"Admire unique images from above...","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"3","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"0","layout":"no-sidebar-narrow","sidebar":"sidebar-article","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"topbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"0","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"0","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"150","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"2","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"3","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"8911","hide":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[8963,3120,8276,7680],"tags":[8957],"class_list":["post-27486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-achaia-en","category-greece","category-travel-in-nature","category-west-greece-en","tag-lake-velymachio"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lake Velymachio: Achaia Lakes | Exploring Greece TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lake Velymachio: In the shadow of Mount Erymanthos in Achaia, you become one with nature and you think of how you could stay there forever.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/en\/greece\/the-little-switzerland-in-a-beautiful-corner-of-greece\/27486\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The little... 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