The Landscapes of Thessaly: Where Dramatic Nature Meets Greece Sacred History Thessaly rises from the Aegean toward the mythological heights of Olympus, a central Greek region where mountain walls enclose the country’s largest plain and sandstone pinnacles lift Byzantine monasteries hundreds of meters above the earth. Homeland of Jason and […]
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Pelion Peninsula Off the Beaten Path 2026: A Curated Road Trip Through Greece’s Secret Mountain Villages
Pelion Peninsula Off the Beaten Path 2026: A Curated Road Trip Through Greece’s Secret Mountain Villages Most visitors arrive in Volos, spend a day in Makrinitsa, and leave. The real Pelion — a car-free island at the peninsula’s tip, villages of fewer than a hundred permanent residents, beaches reachable only […]
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