 Nymfaio is a mountain village, situated at 1350 m elevation in the densely forested Verno mountains.It is 3 km north of Sklithro, 5 km west of Aetos, 16 km west of Amyntaio and 17 km southeast of Florina.Nymfaio, or "Neveska" as it was called then, was settled around 1385 by Vlach travellers, who fled into the mountains after heavy battles with the Ottomans.