Magnesia
Magnesia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Thessaly. Its capital is the city of Volos. About 70% of the population of Magnesia live in the Greater Volos area, which is the second-largest city in Thessaly and the third busiest commercial port in Greece.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Volos and Almyros.
Volos
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Volos is a city of 86,000 people in Thessaly, almost midway between Athens and Thessaloniki. Volos is an industrial city with a large port, but there are a few hidden gems here that you might find as you pass through to islands or Pelion.
Almyros
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Almyros or Halmyros is a town and a municipality of the regional unit of Magnesia, region of Thessaly, Greece. It lies in the center of prosperous fertile plain known as 'Krokio Pedio', which is crossed by torrents.
Chorefto
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Zagora, Pouri, Chorefto, Agii Saranta, Makrirrachi, Ovrios are in Northeast Pelion. Since these villages are close to each other, they are considered as a single travel destination.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Mount Pelion and Nea Anchialos.
Mount Pelion
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Mount Pelion forms a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the Aegean Sea. The mountains are entirely forested, with beech, oak, maple and chestnut trees.
Nea Anchialos
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Nea Anchialos is a small seashore town 18 km southeast of Volos, in Thessaly, almost in the middle of the distance between Athens and Thessaloniki. Thanks to its picturesque, charming nature, clean seaside, the coexistence of peacefulness and the cosmopolitan…
Agria
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Agria is east of Volos, separated from Volos by Goritza hill. Is it famous for the "tsipouradika", oil products and ΕΨΑ lemonade. The population in 2011 was 5,191.
Velestino
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Velestino is a town in the Magnesia regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality Rigas Feraios.
Pteleos
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Pteleos is a village and a former municipality in the southern part of Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality of Almyros, of which it is a municipal unit.
Keramidi
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Keramidi is a village and a former community in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rigas Feraios, of which it is a municipal unit.
Amaliapolis
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Amaliapolis, or Amaliapoli, is a beautiful seaside village about 60 km south of Volos, on the western side of the Pagasetic Gulf in Greece. It sits in its own bay with a small island off-shore and has a gently sloping sandy beach and several tavernas and bars, some of which stay open all year.
Kanalia
Kanalia is a village and community in Thessaly, Greece, part of the municipality Rigas Feraios. It is located 26 kilometres from Volos and at a height of 80 metres above the sea level.Ano Volos
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Ano Volos and Alli Meria, Anakasia, Agios Onoufrios are north of Volos.
Magnesia
- Type: regional unit of Greece with 205,000 residents
- Description: regional unit in Thessaly, Greece
- Also known as: “Magnesia Regional Unit” and “Nomos Magnisias”
- Location: Thessaly, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Magnesia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ماغنيسيا”
- Arabic: “مقنيسية”
- Armenian: “Մագնեսիա”
- Asturian: “Unidá periférica de Magnesia”
- Basque: “Magnesia (unitate erregionala)”
- Basque: “Magnesia”
- Catalan: “unitat perifèrica de Magnèsia”
- Catalan: “Unitat perifèrica de Magnèsia”
- Cebuano: “Nomós Magnisías”
- Chinese: “玛戈尼西亚”
- Chinese: “馬格尼西亞專區”
- Chinese: “马格尼西亚专区”
- Chinese: “马格尼西亚州”
- Danish: “Magnesia”
- Dutch: “Magnisia”
- Esperanto: “Regiona Unuo Magnezio”
- Estonian: “Magneesia piirkonnaüksus”
- Finnish: “Magnesia”
- Finnish: “Magnesian alueyksikkö”
- French: “district régional de Magnésie”
- French: “District régional de Magnésie”
- German: “Magnisia”
- German: “Regionalbezirk Magnisia”
- Greek: “Μαγνησία”
- Greek: “Νομός Μαγνησίας”
- Greek: “Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Μαγνησίας”
- Hebrew: “מגנסיה”
- Ido: “Provinco Magnesia”
- Italian: “Magnesia”
- Japanese: “マグネシア地方”
- Korean: “마그네시아현”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Magnisía”
- Polish: “Jednostka regionalna Magnezja”
- Russian: “Магнисия”
- Slovenian: “Regionalna enota Magnezija”
- Spanish: “Magnesia”
- Spanish: “Perifereiakí Enótita Magnisías”
- Spanish: “Unidad periferica de Magnesia”
- Spanish: “unidad periférica de Magnesia”
- Spanish: “Unidad periférica de Magnesia”
- Spanish: “Unidad Regional de Magnesia”
- Spanish: “Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Μαγνησίας”
- Swedish: “Magnesien”
- Turkish: “Manisa ilçesi”
- Urdu: “ماگنیسیا”
- Urdu: “مقنیسیا”
- Western Panjabi: “ماگنیسیا (علاقائی اکائی)”
- Western Panjabi: “ماگنیسیا”
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