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Volos' municipality includes both towns, along with many nearby villages, including Makrinitsa and Portaria. Volos is a major commercial port of mainland Greece in the Aegean sea (after Piraeus and Thessaloniki), with connection by ferry and hydrofoil to the nearby Sporades Islands, which include Skiathos, Skopelos and Alonissos.
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May 8, 2023 · Here are 10 of the top things to see and do in Volos: 1. Light a Candle at the Church of Agioi Konstantinos and Eleni. ©iStock/Valery Bocman. As a port city, the waterfront dominates Volos, and the Church of Agioi Konstantinos and Eleni, built in 1936 by the renowned architect Aristotle Zachos, is an attraction and reference point for the area.
- Light a Candle at the Church of Agioi Konstantinos and Eleni
- Travel Back in Time at the Athanasakeion Archaeological Museum
- Take a Ride on the Pelion Railway
Volos is one of the largest and most beautiful Greek cities, located at the centre of the country, with a port that is among the busiest in Greece. Built at the innermost point of the Pagasetic Gulf, it lies at the foot of Mt. Pelion, where the fresh and salty sea breeze is mixed with the scented mountain air of the homeland of the mythical ...
- Athanasakeion Archaeological Museum of Volos. This museum has a payload of artefacts from the Geometric period, from 900-700 BC, a time associated with legends like the Trojan War and Jason and the Argonauts.
- Tsalapatas Museum. A token for Volos’ industrial development in the 20th century, the Tsalapatas Museum is in a roof tile and brickworks founded in the 1920s by Spyridon and Nikolaos Tsalapatas .
- Dimini Archaeological Site. West of Volos are the ruins of a Neolithic village first occupied around 4800-4500 BC, with houses built from mud bricks on stone foundations.
- Sesklo Archaeological Site. If you’re hungry for more prehistoric archaeology after seeing Dimini, Sesklo is in the countryside a bit further west. At Sesklo you’ll glimpse the Sesklo Civilisation, the first Neolithic culture in Europe, with the oldest fragments going back to between 7510 and 6190 BC.
- Walk along the harbour front. Any visit to Volos starts with a walk along the harbour front. This port city boasts a strong industrial past and remains a thriving commercial port that serves Northern Greece.
- Walk the Kordoni (shoe lace) at sunset. While on your evening promenade, we can recommend crossing the foot bridge by the University of Thessaly building.
- Agios Konstantinos Park and Anavros Park. The stretch of harbour beyond the University of Thessaly building is backed by a pleasant green space named after Saint Konstantinos, whose church also sits overlooking the sea.
- Church of St Konstantinos & Eleni. The pretty church of St Konstantinos and Eleni on the quayside is worth a stop if it’s open, with marble pillars and painted frescoes covered in gold.
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Today,the museum exhibits approximately 100,000 insects of various taxon and more are constantly added.The majority of insects are butterflies (lepidoptera) that belong to an extensive collection of more than 40,000 species,subspecies and races.Not only is the Entomological Museum of Volos unique in Greece,but it is the biggest and the most complete private museum in the Balkans.
The Athanasakio Archeological Museum. To explore the ancient past of Volos, the Athanasakio Archeological Museum is the place to go. Set inside a Neoclassical building completed in 1909, the museum was funded by Alexis Athanassaki, who was from the nearby village of Portaria. It is one of the oldest Museums in Greece.
