Volos Things to do

Visitors to Volos can enjoy a wide variety of water sports from the city’s bustling ports, including renting speed boats, pedalos and canoes, or enjoying a spot of waterskiing and windsurfing. These can all be rented at a variety of facilities around the city or at the Volos Municipal Beach. Holidays in Volos also offer skiing and mountain climbing excursions to spots around nearby Mt. Pelion. Gyms and organised beaches also offer activities such as basketball, volleyball and tennis, and the city hosts various international athletic events.

 

Volos boasts a diverse collection of cafes, restaurants and bars, with eating and drinking being traditionally linked. Popular Greek dishes like kalamari and moussaka are widely available but Greek cuisine extends well beyond such fare. The city has many outdoor cafes and traditional restaurants offering seafood mezedhes and fresh grilled fish or calamari, potatoes baked in wood-fired ovens, chicken with orzo pasta and briam mixed vegetables, smoked eels and soft sheep’s cheese. Visitors can also experience hip cafes playing bouzouki music late into the night or bars playing different music every evening. A lot of the more active and popular evening venues are located along the waterfront, which is neighboured by streets containing many different shops.

 

Volos is a fantastic city to visit for those with an interest in history and culture, offering many exhibits and facilities. The city’s dominant architectural style is neoclassic, dating from the late 19^th to early 20^th century, and many examples are still present today such as the Volos train station. The layout and architecture of the city lend it a unique and distinctive aesthetic and atmosphere. A variety of museums can be found dotted around Volos including the Archaeological Museum, the Municipal Gallery, a museum of folk history and art, the historic “little train of Pelion”, and a variety of grandiose churches.

 

Trips & Excursions
Visitors to Volos can enjoy day trips to other resorts around Pelion such as Koropi, Agios Ioannis, Kala Nera and Horton – all towns with beautiful beaches for those to whom it’s not a holiday without a beach! Outside the city ancient Neolithic ruins can also be visited, as can various traditional villages with their own museums and public buildings, such as Anakasia, Portaria and Makrinitsa. These quieter mountain villages offer tourists a chance to catch a glimpse of traditional Greek village life.