Thessaly

Thessaly is a region in central that has unique holiday destinations such as the Meteora monasteries, Mount Olympus, the Pelion peninsula, the Northern Sporades island group, and the beaches of the Olympic Riviera.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Larissa and Volos.

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, has a population of 162,591 people. It is the 4th largest city in , and is in Thessaly, between and . A lively agricultural and university town, it is visited by few tourists.

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is a city of 86,000 people in Thessaly, almost midway between and . 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.

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The monastery-crowned pillars of are among the most striking geological and cultural gems of . The formation consists of a number of steep and narrow rock pinnacles near the town of in northwestern Thessaly, topped with a total of 24 monasteries, 6 of which are still in use and open to visitors.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Magnesia and Trikala.

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is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Thessaly. Its capital is the city of . About 70% of the population of live in the Greater Volos area, which is the second-largest city in Thessaly and the third busiest commercial port in Greece.

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region is in . The main tourist destinations are Meteora and the city of Kalambaka, the city of , the city of Pyli with its unique bridges and monasteries, the traditional settlements of the Pyli mountain range, as well as the ski resort that operates in Pertouli.

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is the biggest prefecture of Thessaly, . The tallest mountain in Greece, Mount Olympus is in the northeastern part of the region.

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is a city in western Thessaly in mainland . It is the largest city and the capital of the . According to the 2021 census, the municipality of has a population of 55,979, of whom 40,272 live within the city limits of .

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Lake Plastiras also called Tavropos Reservoir is an artificial lake fed by Tavropos river, located in , near the city of , .

Thessaly

Latitude of center
39.5° or 39° 30′ north
Longitude of center
22° east
Population
722,000
Elevation
88 metres (289 feet)
Geo­Names ID
252938
Wiki­data ID
Q166919
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Thessaly” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Thesalia”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Θεσσαλία”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Θεσσαλίη”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Θετταλία”
  • Aragonese: “Tesalia”
  • Armenian: “Թեսալիա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Fessaliya”
  • Basque: “Tesalia”
  • Belarusian: “Тэсалія”
  • Belarusian: “Фесалія”
  • Bengali: “থেসালি”
  • Breton: “Tessalia”
  • Bulgarian: “Тесалия”
  • Bulgarian: “Тхесалй”
  • Catalan: “Blaquia”
  • Catalan: “Megaloblaquia”
  • Catalan: “Tesàlia”
  • Catalan: “Tessàlia”
  • Cebuano: “Thessaly”
  • Chinese: “塞萨利”
  • Chinese: “忒萨利”
  • Chinese: “忒萨利亚”
  • Chinese: “色萨利”
  • Chinese: “色薩利”
  • Chuvash: “Фессали”
  • Croatian: “Periferija Tesalija”
  • Croatian: “Tesalija”
  • Czech: “Thesálie”
  • Czech: “Thessalie”
  • Czech: “Thessálie”
  • Danish: “Thessalien”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Tesalya”
  • Dutch: “Thessalia”
  • Dutch: “Thessalie”
  • Dutch: “Thessalië”
  • Esperanto: “Tesalio”
  • Esperanto: “Tesalujo”
  • Estonian: “Tessaalia piirkond”
  • Estonian: “Tessaalia”
  • Faroese: “Thessalia”
  • Finnish: “Tessalia”
  • Finnish: “Thessalia”
  • French: “Thessalie”
  • French: “Théssalie”
  • Galician: “Tesalia”
  • Georgian: “თესალია”
  • German: “Thessalia”
  • German: “Thessalía”
  • German: “Thessalicum”
  • German: “Thessalien”
  • German: “Thessalier”
  • Greek: “Θεσσαλία”
  • Gujarati: “થેસાલી”
  • Hebrew: “תסאליה”
  • Hebrew: “תסליה”
  • Hindi: “थेसली”
  • Hungarian: “Thesszália”
  • Icelandic: “Þessalía”
  • Ido: “Tesalia”
  • Indonesian: “Thessalia”
  • Indonesian: “Thessaly”
  • Irish: “An Teasáil”
  • Italian: “Tessaglia”
  • Italian: “Tessalia”
  • Italian: “Thessalia”
  • Japanese: “セサリア”
  • Japanese: “テッサリア”
  • Japanese: “テッサリアー”
  • Javanese: “Selânik”
  • Javanese: “Tesalonika”
  • Javanese: “Thessaloniki”
  • Kannada: “ಥೆಸ್ಸಲಿ”
  • Kazakh: “Фессалия”
  • Korean: “테살리”
  • Korean: “테살리아 주”
  • Korean: “테살리아”
  • Latin: “Thessalia”
  • Latvian: “Tesālija”
  • Limburgan: “Thessalië”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Tesalia”
  • Lithuanian: “Tesalija”
  • Lithuanian: “Tesalijos periferija”
  • Lombard: “Tesalia”
  • Lombard: “Tesàlia”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Tesalia”
  • Macedonian: “Тесалија”
  • Malagasy: “Tesalia”
  • Malay: “Thessaly”
  • Marathi: “थिसलीस”
  • Mingrelian: “თესალია”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tessalia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thessali”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thessalia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thessalía”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thessaliar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thessalier”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thessalia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thessalía”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thessaly”
  • Norwegian: “Thessalia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tessàlia”
  • Persian: “تسالی”
  • Polish: “Tesalia”
  • Polish: “Tessalia”
  • Portuguese: “Tessália”
  • Portuguese: “Tessálios”
  • Romanian: “Tesalia”
  • Romanian: “Tessalia”
  • Romanian: “Thesalia”
  • Romanian: “Thessalia”
  • Russian: “Тессалия”
  • Russian: “Фессалийский союз”
  • Russian: “Фессалия”
  • Scots: “Thessaly”
  • Serbian: “Periferija Tesalija”
  • Serbian: “Tesalija”
  • Serbian: “Θεσσαλία”
  • Serbian: “Периферија Тесалија”
  • Serbian: “Тесалија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Periferija Tesalija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tesalija”
  • Sinhala: “තෙසලේ”
  • Slovak: “Tesália”
  • Slovenian: “Tesalija”
  • Slovenian: “Thessalia”
  • Slovenian: “Thessaly”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تسالی”
  • Spanish: “Periferia de Tesalia”
  • Spanish: “Tesalia”
  • Spanish: “Tesaliano”
  • Spanish: “Tesalio”
  • Swedish: “Tessalien”
  • Swedish: “Thessalia”
  • Swedish: “Thessalía”
  • Swedish: “Thessalien”
  • Swiss German: “Thessalie”
  • Tamil: “தெஸ்ஸாலி”
  • Telugu: “తెసాలీ”
  • Thai: “แคว้นเซซาลีอา”
  • Thai: “เธสซาลี”
  • Turkish: “Tesalya”
  • Turkish: “Teselya”
  • Turkish: “Thessaly”
  • Ukrainian: “Салоніки”
  • Ukrainian: “Фессалійці”
  • Ukrainian: “Фессалія”
  • Urdu: “ثیسالیا”
  • Venetian: “Tezaja”
  • Vietnamese: “Thessalía”
  • Vietnamese: “Thessaly”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Thessalya”
  • Welsh: “Thesalia”
  • Western Panjabi: “ثیسالیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ تھیسیلے”
  • Wu Chinese: “色萨利”
  • “Tesalia”

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