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Practical guides to Thessaly, Greece: opening hours, tickets, how to get there and when to go. Facts we check.
Larissa
Mount Olympus from the Thessaly side: climbing from Elassona
Mount Olympus is not only Litochoro. The routes from Elassona and Kokkinopilos, the Christakis refuge and the shortest way up to Mytikas, the summit of the gods.
Vale of Tempe, Greece: the gorge between Olympus and Ossa
The narrow passage of the river Pineios between Mount Olympus and Mount Ossa: the chapel of Agia Paraskevi, the suspension bridge, the Vale of Tempe in Greek mythology, and Ampelakia above.
Trikala
Meteora monasteries: opening hours, tickets, dress code and which to visit
The six Meteora monasteries you can visit today: which day each one closes, what entry costs, what to wear and how to fit them into one day.
How to get to Meteora from Athens and Thessaloniki (and why not by train)
The train has not reached Kalambaka since 2023. How to get to Meteora today from Athens and Thessaloniki by bus, car or tour, and how to get around the monasteries.
Karditsa
Magnesia
Mount Pelion villages: which to visit, side by side of the mountain
Makrinitsa, Portaria, Tsagkarada, Zagora, Milies, Damouchari: the villages of Mount Pelion by side of the mountain, with elevation, distance from Volos and what each is worth.
Sesklo and Dimini: the Neolithic settlements next to Volos
Two of the oldest settlements in Europe, a few kilometres from Volos: what they were, what you see today and how to visit both in one morning.
