The village of Hovoli is located about 36 km southwest of Kalavrita. It consists of the main village Kato Hovoli and the settlement Ano Hovoli, about 800 m further east. Kato Hovoli is built on the foothills of the mountains Tartaris, Aetofolia and Paliomylos. Ano Chovoli is located on the foothills of Tartaris. Exactly when Hovoli was built is unknown. The most important text that refers to the geographical area where Chovoli is located today is the "Arcadia" by Pausanias the Navigator (174 AD).

There it mentions:

"After crossing the river (the Ladona), one reaches the Soraonas Park, passing through the so-called Argeathons and Lycounta and Skotani". It is not disputed by anyone today that Tartaris and its tributaries, i.e. the geographical area of Chovoli, are located in the Soronas Park. The historian George Papandreou places the Lycounes in Kortsovouni, where, according to the testimonies of the villagers, there were remains of buildings.

For the name of Hovoli, a possible etymology of the word Hovoli has been submitted by the Hovoli resident Kostas Patsis, after he took into account a legal document of the Venetian occupation (1699), where Hovoli is spelled as ''Hovoli''. According to him, the word's syntactics are: Hus + marbles or lumps. (Hus = soil, Svolax in ancient times and volos or clods meaning a part of the soil, which is detached when digging). Hence a village with rich soil that is easily ploughed.

Historical events associated with the geographical area of Hovoli are:

According to what Th. Rigopoulos quotes in his "Memoirs", on March 21, 1821, in the straits of Agios Athanasios, at the place "Anargyros" in Hovoli, two young men from Arimani rushed and killed two Turks, as they were passing through there to go to Tripoli. In September 1826, Ibrahim with his troops invaded the villages of the province of Kalavrita. On 18-9-1826 they invaded Chovoli. The inhabitants put up resistance and repulsed them. C. Lechouritis and his armed men took up a position in Agios Athanasios to prevent them from invading Sopoto. In the following days they looted Hovoli and handed it over to the flames.

Hovoli was burned for the second time by the German conquerors on 27-7-1944. When the Germans arrived at the village, they found it deserted, because someone warned the inhabitants and they fled to the mountains, taking with them what they could. Many people hid things in the hole of Agia Kyriaki. By chance, not all the houses were burnt down. The last act of this dramatic period was written on "Koprisies", a peak of the mountain of Abelina Upper Hovoli, where a battle was fought between the National Army and armed guerrillas with three victims.

Hovoli continues its historical course with an ever-decreasing population due to urbanization, but with its natural beauties in the plane trees and gurgling running waters.