ALTERNATIVE PELION
Drakeia
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Halfway between the seaside town of Agria and Chania -the highest settlement on Mount Pelion-, lies the village of Drakeia. Hidden behind large masses
Agios Lavrentios
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Agios Lavrentios is the Pelion village par excellence. Not only because it's the perfect place for a vacation year-round, combining spectacular sea views
Promyri
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In contrast to most Greek villages whose old foreign name was “hellenized” after the creation of the modern Greek state, Promyri retained its old slavic
Agia Kyriaki - Trikeri
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You cannot visit one and not go to the other. Agia Kyriaki and Trikeri go hand in hand and together encapsulate what Pelion is all about: mountain and
Kato Lechonia
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Virtually everyone in the country knows the small Pelion village with the beautiful flowers and countless nurseries. Every Sunday afternoon long lines
Ano Lechonia
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For the lovers of architecture and archaeology, Ano Lechonia is the ideal village for exploration. Inhabited since the Mycenaean times, it hides its secrets
Kato Gatzea
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On a summer evening we invite you to make a turn on the narrow street leading to the sea-side village of Kato Gatzea. Park your car at the end of the road
Ano Gatzea
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A magnificent train station and tunnel constructed in the 1900s by Evaristo De Chirico (father of Giorgio De Chirico, the Italian painter of Pittura Metafisica);
Hania - The first mountain sanatorium in Greece
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The first mountain sanatorium for tuberculosis patients in Greece and the first preventorium (preventive treatment institution for children) were both
Pinakates
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It’s not a coincidence that Greek director Manousos Manousakis chose Pinakates for filming his popular TV series To Kokkino Potami (The Red River). The