The main reason why we love Volos is its diversity. A lively university city with an utterly romantic seafront, Volos is the ideal destination for a city break. However, Volos is also the perfect base from where to explore stunning Pelion.

Is Volos worth visiting?

Situated between Athens and Thessaloniki, combining heavenly sea and adventurous mountains as a gateway to Mount Pelion (the Centaurs mountain), and serving as the first step to the Sporades islands, Volos is a destination worth visiting.

What is Volos Greece known for?

Affectionately known as the City of the Argonauts, in Greek mythology, Volos was where Jason boarded the Argo on a quest for the Golden Fleece at Colchis. ... Volos has real history of its own at the Neolithic settlements of Dimini and Sesklo, more advanced than anywhere else in Greece 6,000 years ago.