The Location
4 Seasons Destination
_____Exploring the Enchanting Beauty of Pelion
Summer
Within a 15-minute drive Pelion, you will be delighted to discover a plethora of diverse and captivating beaches. Each of these seven enchanting coastal gems offers its own unique charm and allure. Some of them are: Mylopotamos, Ntamouxari, Fakistra, Papa Nero, Lampinou, Limnionas, Ai Giannis.
Autumn
Autumn in Greece is an ideal time to enjoy a vacation as it’s still warm enough to go to the beach while at the same time weather is cooler and you can easily explore the hundreds of hiking trails or bike paths in Pelion. At the same time you can enjoy the plethora of gold and scarlet colours of the autumn leaves that start to cover the land as the most intricate carpet.
Winter
Embrace the winter wonderland of Pelion, where within a convenient 20-minute drive to Chania, you can immerse yourself in exhilarating ski adventures. Pelion’s majestic mountains transform into a snowy paradise during the winter months, offering a thrilling escape for ski enthusiasts.
Spring
Spring in Pelion is a once in a lifetime experience. It is nature’s symphony, with the trees turning green and the flowers blossoming with fragrances and vistas you can never experience except during this season. Use 12 months resort as a starting point to embrace the explosion of nature. Drive through the colourful winding roads, walk the hundreds of paths, stop for a coffee or a delicious lunch under the hundred-year-old plane and chestnut trees in picturesque villages.
Within a 15-minute drive Pelion, you will be delighted to discover a plethora of diverse and captivating beaches. Each of these seven enchanting coastal gems offers its own unique charm and allure. Some of them are: Mylopotamos, Ntamouxari, Fakistra, Papa Nero, Lampinou, Limnionas, Ai Giannis.
Autumn in Greece is an ideal time to enjoy a vacation as it’s still warm enough to go to the beach while at the same time weather is cooler and you can easily explore the hundreds of hiking trails or bike paths in Pelion. At the same time you can enjoy the plethora of gold and scarlet colours of the autumn leaves that start to cover the land as the most intricate carpet.
Embrace the winter wonderland of Pelion, where within a convenient 20-minute drive to Chania, you can immerse yourself in exhilarating ski adventures. Pelion’s majestic mountains transform into a snowy paradise during the winter months, offering a thrilling escape for ski enthusiasts.
Spring in Pelion is a once in a lifetime experience. It is nature’s symphony, with the trees turning green and the flowers blossoming with fragrances and vistas you can never experience except during this season. Use 12 months resort as a starting point to embrace the explosion of nature. Drive through the colourful winding roads, walk the hundreds of paths, stop for a coffee or a delicious lunch under the hundred-year-old plane and chestnut trees in picturesque villages.
Pelion
_____A Journey Through Greece's Hidden Gem
Unesco world heritage
Close to the region of Thessaly in Greece, you will find the stunning Meteora. Meteora is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Meteora is a rock formation hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries, second in importance only to Mount Athos.
The peninsula pokes out into the Aegean and then bends back towards the mainland about halfway between Athens and Thessaloniki. The city of Volos and its port sit at the top of this huge bay, Mount Pelion towering above them. And a ridge of hills runs down from the mountain to the southernmost tip, its slopes as thick with chestnut forests and olive groves as they are with myths. Jason and his Argonauts sailed from Pagasae near Volos in search of the golden eece. The forested hills were home to the centaurs, half-man, half-horse, and in a cave on the slopes of Mount Pelion, the semi-divine centaur Chiron instructed Achilles before the hero went to war. This was where gods and mortals feasted together: it was at one of these that Paris was asked to choose the most beautiful woman in all the world, a conversation that led to the Trojan War. More recently, but still long ago, Christian monks came in search of retreat. Like the more famous Mount Athos, on the other side of Thessaloniki, Pelion is dotted with monasteries, some still thriving, some dating to the time of the Crusades.
Mythology
_____The Enchanting Mythology of Mount Pelion: Home of Centaurs, Nymphs, and Gods
In Greek mythology, Mount Pelion (which took its name from the mythical king Peleus, father of Achilles) was the homeland of Chiron the Centaur, tutor of many ancient Greek heroes, such as Jason, Achilles, Theseus and Heracles. On Mount Pelion, near Chiron’s cave, the marriage of Thetis and Peleus took place. The uninvited goddess Eris, to take revenge for having been kept outside the party, brought a golden apple with the inscription “To the Fairest”. The dispute that then arose between the goddesses Hera, Aphrodite and Athena resulted in events leading to the Trojan War. When the twins Otus and Ephialtes attempted to storm Olympus, they piled Mount Pelion upon Mount Ossa (whence the idiom, to “pile Pelion on Ossa”