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Sailing Cruises in Historic Yacht
Anna1963 Says: We went on a 10 day sailing cruise to the Sporades. The company does shorter packages - a week to Evia and even day trips in summer (I think). The boat was totally beautiful - all wooden and inside it was like something from a film set. She is a historic boat and the owners...
crazyman2 Says: These are amazing, working monastaries perched on the top of rugged crags and columns of rock.The road from Volos to the Meteora is a long coach ride ---but it is worth the effort!Fitness level needed is moderate because there are places to get your breath. However, if you...
diadiktyo Says: An organized beach front cafe, serves coffee and cocktails all day and night long. The service is excellent as well as the scenery. The waters are crystal clear.
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Ageliko's Ano Gatzea: I wish I could eat here every night
Anna1963 Says: Wonderful village restaurant with a great selection of food. One of the few places we've found in Greece where they have a really wide selction of vegetarian food. One night we were there they had live jazz - very classy for a small Greek village :-) Especially good is...
vago1 Says: In large restaurants and small taverns, which one can discover by strolling along the traditional lanes of the town – one can taste assorted Greek specialties. Also throughout the town, one can find a variety of fish restaurants, serving freshly caught seafood, the variety...
Beach Bar: Aiolia Beach Bar-cafe
diadiktyo Says: Very friendly staff, excellent cocktails, full of palm trees and greenery, someone can have his coffee by the beach all day long, and as the sun goes down the fress fruit cocktails can take the place at the table. The prices are really low, and the finger food that comes...
aakunz Says: There are many cafes and bars along Volos promenade where you can relax and enjoy great music. "Reef" and "Achilleion" (AXILLEION in Greek) are my favourite ones.At "Reef" you can drink booze and coffee listening to up tempo ambient music next to an aquarium."Achilleion" is...
volos airport to volos , pelion
mariachev Says: Hi ,I visit Greece for the last 15 years. Volos, Pelion and Sporades are my favourite destination. The distance from Volos Airport to Volos town is about 40Km. Google maps are really mistaken here. I usually pay 50euros to get to town by taxi. Bus transportation isn't...
By bus from the airport to Volos
lotharscheer Says: KTEL has buses from the Volos bus terminal to the airport. At the airport go out of the building and 50 meters to the right, there was no sign, but people will be wating there. Bus itineraries are planned to arrive at the airport according to scheduled flights.
jan&mark Says: Most people use volos as a means to getting to the pelion, as planes to volos from the uk arnet very frequent most people either fly to skiathos or to thessaloniki. We recently went backpacking in the pelion and flew into thessaloniki airport and took a bus to volos. Once...
vago1 Says: Here, one can rent Bicycles, Cars, Motorbikes, Scooters, and in certain places (weather permitting), Watersports equipment is also available for rent. Public transportation is also accessible on a regular basis. All over Greece, it is also possible to rent boats, yachts...
Here one can find shops that specialize in local handicrafts, gold, jewellery, leather, souvenirs and other local products such as candies, wines, liquor etc, that are rather a good bargain. The Boutiques also provide a vast variety of local and western products.
Written Feb 11, 2004
StefanosS Says: Volos, Velestino and the villages of Pilio have a high cultural tradition. So, especially during summertime, there are many cultural events in the area and many traditional celebrations take place in different locations. Check for information about such events! Try the site...
tompt Says: Greek people are friendly people. Learn a few basic words of their language and you will have friends for ever. If you are invited to someones house it is just not polite to refuse. And you won't regret the visit !!
Anna1963 Says: It's not a pottery museum - it's a pot shop. Yeh, OK so he has a few old olive jars on display but he'd just trying to flog you mass-produced terracotta you can get anywhere. I guess you should be suspicious of any "museum" where the entrance is free
At mount Pilion, eastern side,...
Yiannis2000 Says: At mount Pilion, eastern side, avoid buying souvenirs or eating at the village of Hania, overprised and colourless or bad quality, choose the villages of Kissos, Tsagarada instead!For more, please check under my Greece page!
StefanosS Says: Take the OLD LITTLE TRAIN to climb Pilion! The old train, made on the begining of the 20th century, abandoned by our 'civilization', was revived some years ago. People of Volos and Pilion really love it!
StefanosS Says: There is a fantastic little island at the exit of Pagassitikos gulf, named PYTHOU, near Trikeri cape. You can hire all necessary hardware from Volos (if you are trained in diving) and follow an all-day scuba excursion by boat. There are over 20 different places for diving...
vago1 Says: Volos is the capital and economic centre of the prefecture. Thanks to its privileged position at the foot of Mt. Pelion on the Pagasetic Gulf, it is a good base for enjoying the sea, wooded slopes and green valleys that surround it. Founded in the mid 19th century, modern...
Speaking of Centaurs and horses...
StefanosS Says: Speaking of Centaurs and horses, I found a very interesting little photo on a Greek phone-card: It is a "Thessaly horse" depicted on a coin of the 4th century BC. Thessaly was proud of its horses.
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Although Volos is a city with 120.000 inhabitants fish is still sold from the fisherboats in the harbour. Volos is not widely known as a holiday deatination. The Greek people however go to Volos and...
There are so many to do in the region! Sea and mountain, nature and antiquities, legent and history, gastronomy and culture... There are so many to talk about! Thessaly, according to the...
Volos is a beautiful town by the sea, located in the middle of Greece. It has interesting nightlife and it is the best departure point for mount Pilion and the islands of Skiathos, Skopelos &...
The "Castle" of Volos, a walled town situated on the site of the present-day neighbourhood of Palea. The west of the city, was built in the mid 6th century AD. The same period saw the decline of the...
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