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The mountain of the Centaurs is one of the few Greek destinations where you can walk among chestnut trees in the morning and swim at a turquoise-watered beach by midday. It’s made for a car: dozens of villages, two seas, and roads that change scenery every ten minutes.
Volos is the base. Eastern Pelion (Zagora, Tsagarada, Mouresi) faces the Aegean and has the most famous beaches; the Western part (Makrinitsa, Portaria, Milies) faces the Pagasetic Gulf. The road to Damouchari and Agios Ioannis is winding but good. Southern Pelion (Afetes, Platanias) is quieter and deserves a separate day.
In mythology, Pelion was the home of the Centaurs and the place where Chiron tutored Achilles. The villages flourished during the Ottoman rule as centers of silk production and trade, with mansions, schools, and libraries. Milies hosted the “Milies School”, an important center of the Modern Greek Enlightenment.
Makrinitsa with its view of the Pagasetic Gulf; Tsagarada and the centuries-old plane tree in its square; Damouchari and Agios Ioannis; the beaches of Mylopotamos, Fakistra, and Papa Nero; the Pelion train from Milies; and the cobbled paths connecting the villages for those who love walking.
Pelion has its own culinary identity: spetsofai, local sausages, Zagora apples, sea bream, and fish at the seaside. In Volos, the tsipouradika serve tsipouro with successive meze dishes — a city institution. Spoon sweets and wine from local varieties complete the picture.
The lively nightlife is in Volos, along the waterfront and at the tsipouradika, bustling year-round due to the university. In the villages, the evenings are quiet, spent in squares shaded by plane trees. In the summer, the beaches of Eastern Pelion have beach bars that stay open late.
Currency: Euro· Time: Greek time· Access: by car ~3.5 hours from Athens and ~2.5 hours from Thessaloniki. Within Pelion, distances are short in kilometers but slow in terms of travel time. Best period: May–October for a combination of mountain and sea; the villages are beautiful in winter too.
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