Posts Tagged ‘Thessaly’
Ancient Cities
Today we are driving into the hills west of Volos in search of archeological sites in the region. Our goal is the town of Sesklo (a neolithic settlement) and the city of Iolchus, the port from which Jason set out with 50 Bronze Age heroes in search of the Golden Fleece. We start out early [Read More]
Land of Centaurs
Yesterday, we caught a bus from Athens to Volos in the Magnesia district. It was a four-hour ride, with one stop for lunch in the middle of the afternoon (at which time everyone was gnawing on the armrests). Volos, the capital of the Magnesia Prefecture (district) is the second-largest city in Thessaly and the third [Read More]