But no; I’m in Thessaly, Central Greece, where Mount Pelion rises steeply on a peninsula shaped like a fisherman’s hook. Its eastern side faces the vastness of the Aegean, while its western ...

Looming large above Greece’s chains of idyllic islands ... On the east coast, the heavily forested Pelion Peninsula, former enclave of the mythical centaurs, is now criss-crossed by traditional ...

But this is offset by the pleasure of having chosen the Pelion peninsula as the place to take a ‘long walk for freedom’ after months of UK lockdown. Pelion is not on Greece’s list of major ...

While Skiathos and Skopelos may dominate the travel brochures, Pelion quietly awaits those discerning travellers seeking a hidden gem in the heart of Greece.

Located within an olive grove next to Pelion train station, the museum takes visitors through the history of olive cultivation and the symbolic significance of Greece’s olive tree, followed by a ...