Volos

Greece

Volos is a port city in Thessaly, Greece, between mountain and sea at the head of the Pagasetic Gulf. The legendary port of the Argonauts — from which Jason sailed for the Golden Fleece — it is the gateway to Mount Pelion. Attractions include the Archaeological Museum's treasures, the tsipouro bars — the city invented the meze tradition — the waterfront, and excursions to the Pelion peninsula's mountain villages, the Mycenaean site of Dimini, and the Meteora monasteries inland.