Car Rental Volos Airport

Volos is a town in the region of Thessaly on the Pagasitikos Gulf in the East of Greece with 85,000 inhabitants on an area of just under 30 square kilometers. In the nineteenth century, when Volos was founded on the edge of the Pelion mountains was the port in the center of the village, which was an important trading center and helped the city to prosperity. Today the ferries to the islands of the Sporades leave from here, but also ships to Syria or the Middle East anchor here.

In ancient times it got in the present-day region of Volos the three cities of Iolcus, Demetrias and Pagasae, whose excavations currently seen on the way from the village to the beach Alikies, which offers ideal bathing and water sports, can be. Otherwise presented to Volos as a modern city with a progressive city, especially since 1955 as an earthquake the old city centre destroyed. The lively promenade with numerous small shops, bars and restaurants is a popular meeting place for locals and tourists. It has a beautiful view of the place that picturesquely nestled in the sheltered bay of the Gulf, from the suburb of Ano Volos, which is located on the slopes of Pelion increases.

With a car, you should miss a trip of Volos in the adjacent mountains in no case that inspired the great poet, Homer, Pindar and Euripides already with its beauty in ancient times. Also the gods of Olympus to have celebrated here their festivals. The forested massif later became a symbol of Greek freedom movement. Well developed hiking trails, which lead to several picturesque mountain villages past, just invite to discover this magnificent landscape.