Photo: я · Public domainLake Smokovo is an L-shaped artificial lake of about 8.5 km² in the foothills of the Agrafa mountains, in the Karditsa regional unit of Thessaly.
How it formed
It was created in 2002 by a dam on the Sofaditis river, to meet the region’s needs for irrigation and water supply.
Visit
Swimming
No reliable information
Tips
The lake is good for walking, hiking and watching nature. A road leads from it through Kedros to the Smokovo thermal baths, about 10 km from the lake and 35 km from Karditsa, at about 450 m in a densely wooded valley. The sulphur springs are at 37–40 °C, with hotels and a hydrotherapy centre open all year.
Nearby lakes
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Greece · Central Greece · Western Greece
Lake Kremasta
Reservoir · artificial
~53 kmaway
300 metreselevation
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Sources & data
- Greece's 2022 Water Framework Directive reporting to the EEA: lake (LW) and transitional (TW) water bodies, field cArea, European Environment Agency (WISE WFD), reported by Greece, 2022
- OpenStreetMap: Τεχνητή Λίμνη Σμοκόβου (relation 7814155), OpenStreetMap contributors
- Greek Wikipedia: Λίμνη Σμοκόβου, Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata: Lake Smokovo (Q12880042), Wikimedia Foundation
- Where nature meets wellbeing: Lake Smokovo and Smokovo thermal baths, Greek National Tourism Organisation
- Thermal baths of Smokovo, Elliniko Panorama