Volos: facts

At a glance

• Country: Greece
• Region: Thessaly
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 86,048
• Coordinates: 39.3692° N, 22.9477° E
• Time zone: Europe/Athens (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Athens: 168 km (105 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Nea Anchialos National Airport (VOL): 21 km (13 mi), straight line
• Skiathos Island National Airport (JSI): 52 km (33 mi), straight line
• Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG): 128 km (79 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Nea Ionia: 2.0 km (1.3 mi)
• Zagora: 16 km (10 mi)
• Velestino: 17 km (11 mi)
• Almyros: 26 km (16 mi)
• Argalasti: 28 km (18 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Larisa, 54 km (33 mi)

Things to see

• Agios Konstantinos (church)
• Asa Jennings Memorial (memorial)
• Fortification of Episkopi (castle)
• Rooftile and Brickworks Museum (museum)
• Αίθουσα της Βασιλείας του Θεού - Μάρτυρες του Ιεχωβά (church)
• Ηρώο (memorial)