Tzoumerka is a mountainous region. It’s geographical position, it’s terrain and the weather conditions affected the distribution and composition of it’s population, which developed and evolved through a series of successive economic and political events, inducing both positive and negative effects. From 1940 until today, the region passed gradually from the time of the lively villages and glorious battles in abandonment and uncertainty over future.

Vernacular architecture represents one of the most important cultural elements of mountain areas. The settlement of Sirako, due to specific social and economical conditions, is one of the best well preserved mountainous traditional settlements in Greece, nowadays. At the threshold of its modern development it seems capable of preserving its valuable inheritance. Its habitants do not live permanently in the settlement, but spend an important amount of time in it at an annual base. The Sirako’s habitants warmly support the protection of Greek vernacular architecture.

In this paper, eleven traditional fairy tales from the mountainous region of Tzoumerka have been recorded. The fairy tales date back to the previous century and they are recorded exactly as they were narrated by people who lived there. These fairy tales were found in students’ studies in the Hellenic Folklore Society. In 1959 –1960, students from the University of Athens, interviewed elderly people at the age of sixty to eighty years old, who had spent all of their lives in the mountain villages of Tzoumerka.

The forest, in its wider sense, constitutes a complex ecological system with its own life cycle and functions that coexist harmoniously in an area. It is a natural resource with particular significance for humanity. It constitutes a renewable natural resource with huge and inexhaustible potentials in the environmental, financial and cultural development of an area helping the creation of better living conditions.

In this essay an estimate of the impacts of climatic change in the mountainous area of Tzoumerka is presented. Initially, the characteristic elements composing the climate are analyzed. The various climatic categories are studied together with the particular characteristics of mountainous climate. Then, a short review of the research work for the climatic change on global level is presented. Certain climatic forecasts for Greece and, more specifically, for the region of the case study are analyzed.

The year 2010 has been declared as the International Year of Biodiversity. The aim of the present paper is not simply the presentation of species lists, present in the area of Tzoumerka. Our goal is to highlight hidden aspects of the life of otherwise common species, thus establishing their uniqueness and value. Our hope is that, by revealing the unknown behaviors of these creatures, we can pique the readers’ curiosity and make them appreciate the diversity of life. Many things happen without realizing them.

Nowadays, the Ιnternet has become an important part of our lives. Millions of people visit it every day making the best of the huge capabilities that it offers. As a result, Internet has become one of the most usable means of education, information, communication, business and entertainment. This study aims at the analysis and evaluation of the way that a mountainous region is presented through various internet sites of local authorities and private enterprises. The region of Tzoumerka in Epirus is chosen as a case study.

Religious tourism is a form of tourism related to religion-motivated trips, in places of pilgrimage. It represents an important part of thematic tourism and its further development can be a valuable source of growth for many areas, particularly the mountainous ones.

In the area of Tzoumerka there are many routes based on historically and culturally notable churches and monasteries. The five most important are:

Visit to the monastery of Tsouka in Elliniko village.

Recently, Cave tourism is one form of alternative tourism that has became popular. In this essay various proposals of caves exploitation, aiming at cave tourism development in Tzoumerka are analyzed.

Regarding Moni Kipinas cave, the measures proposed are: An educational / training programme about the cave, the manufacture of signs that will inform about the cave’s location and a reproduction of brochures about the cave.

Trekking tourism is an alternative form of tourism with an increasing number of fans. Some efforts have been made recently, aimed at the promotion of walking paths mainly at European level. A map was composed, which reflected paths starting from northern Europe and ending at southern Europe. There are uniform standards under which the European trails are marked.