Greece features high-altitude villages including Samarina

Greece features several high-altitude villages due to its mountainous geography, with some settlements exceeding 1,400 meters in elevation.

Samarina in Grevena is identified as the highest village in Greece and the Balkans, with its highest neighborhoods reaching 1,600 meters on the slopes of Mount Smolikas. Other notable high-altitude locations include Kamaria in Evrytania at 1,480 meters, Aetomilitsa in Ioannina at 1,430 meters, and Pisoderi in Florina at 1,420 meters. Other settlements reaching 1,400 meters include Katafygi in Kozani, Kato Vermio in Imathia, Nea Kotyli in Kastoria, and Perikopi in Florina.