Mountain and sea in one week
The Pelion peninsula lets mountain and sea sit within the same day, with the Sporades a short ferry away for the second half of the week.
- Length
- 8 days · 7 nights
- Months
- May – October
- Stops
- 5
The route on a map
1 · 1 night
Volos
The mainland port city at the foot of Pelion, known for its tsipouro meze culture.
2 · 1 night
Makrinitsa
A stone-built village on the upper slopes with views over the Pagasetic Gulf.
3 · 2 nights
Vyzitsa
A well-preserved mansion village on the eastern side of the peninsula.
4 · A day here
Damouchari
A small cove reached by an old kalderimi path.
5 · 3 nights
Skopelos Town
A whitewashed harbour town on a pine-forested island reached by ferry from Volos.
Day by day
Day 1
Arrive in Volos
Sleep · Volos
Settle in and walk the harbourfront tsipouradika in the evening.
Day 2
Up to Makrinitsa
Sleep · Makrinitsa
Into the ridge villages, walking the plane-tree square.
Day 3
Chestnut forest paths
Sleep · Vyzitsa
Move across, walking part of the old mule path network through chestnut and beech.
Day 4
Kalderimi to the sea
Sleep · Vyzitsa
Walk the cobbled path down through Agios Ioannis to the cove at Damouchari.
Day 5
Ferry to Skopelos
Sleep · Skopelos Town
A ferry from Volos crosses by afternoon.
Day 6
Skopelos coastline
Sleep · Skopelos Town
Kastani and Milia beaches, and the pine forest walk to the Prophet Elias monastery.
Day 7
Old town and Glossa
Sleep · Skopelos Town
North to the hillside village of Glossa and the port of Loutraki below it.
Day 8
Departure
Departure
A final morning before the ferry back to the mainland.