Strandpromenaden - "I
Paralia"
er fin og
man kan beundre mange flotte båter!
Deilig å sitte der i solen å
sløve med en øl eller frappè!
Mer norsk litt lenger ned!
The waterfront - "Ee
Paralia"
is lovely and
one can admire many different boats!
Very nice to sit there and see the world pass by with
a beer or a frappè!
Volos
- a nice page I found,
good information!
From the Wikipedia;
"Volos
(Greek:
Βόλος) is a city situated at the center
of the Greek
mainland, about 326 km north from Athens
and 215 km south from Thessaloniki.
It is the capital of the Magnesia
prefecture."
"Built at the innermost
point of the Pagasetic
Gulf and at the foot of Mount Pilio
or Pelion
(the land of the Centaurs),
Volos is the only outlet towards the sea from Thessaly,
the country's largest agricultural region. With a population of
around 200,000, it is an important industrial centre, while its
port provides a bridge between Europe,
the Middle
East and Asia.
Volos is the third of Greece's major commercial ports, but also
gains significant traffic because of its connection by ferry and
hydrofoil with the nearby Sporades
Islands, which include Skiathos,
Skopelos
and Alonissos.
There are also connections to Limnos,
Lesvos,
Chios
and Skyros.
Volos is the most recent of
the Greek port cities, with a remarkably large proportion of
modern buildings, erected in the wake of the catastrophic
earthquakes of 1955, and including the municipalities
of Volos, Nea
Ionia and Iolkos,
as well as smaller suburban
communities. The economy of the city is based on manufacturing,
trade, services and tourism, and with its improved
infrastructure the city is increasingly dynamic. Home to the University
of Thessaly, one of the most important in country, the city
also offfers a wide range of facilities for the organization of
conferences, exhibitions and major cultural and scientific
events, together with international-standard sporting amenities.
Volos participated in the Olympic
Games, and as an Olympic City it helped to present a new
face of contemporary Greece to a world audience. The city has
also since played host to a succession of athletic events, such
as the European Athletic Championships. It will host the 2013 Mediterranean
Games."
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"Volos
(Gresk:
Λάρισα, Volos) er hovedstaden i Thessalia
periferi
i Hellas,
og hovedstad i Larissa
prefektur. Byen er et sentrum for jordbruk og et
kommunikasjonsknutepunkt, forbundet via jernbane med havnebyen Thessaloniki,
(Salonika) og Athen.
Befolkningen i området utgjør 165 000 mennesker. Det
store innslaget av jordbruk i området har bidratt til at
Larissa er det området i Hellas hvor det greske
kommunistpartiet har størst oppslutning."
"Vårt" hotel Aegli Palace
- det ligger på strandpromenaden ved
havnen hvor båtene kommer og går til Sporadene! Flott utsikt
fra front rommene!
Skikkelig frokostbuffet!
Hotellet moderniseres stadig vekk, men det beholder
sin noe gammeldags stil!
