Ekonomou O Papous

Meteora & Thessaly


Charming shop with only one item for sale: loukoumi, a traditional Greek version of Turkish delight.


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1. Volos Museum of the City

0.74 MILES

This smart modern museum, in a former tobacco warehouse in the Palaia district, tells the story of Volos through beautiful black-and-white photos from the…

2. Tsalapatas Brickworks Museum

0.93 MILES

From 1926 until 1975, Tsalapatas Rooftile and Brickworks, 1.5km west of the port at the Old Town’s South Gate, formed part of the cultural fabric of Volos…

3. Archaeological Museum

1 MILES

Set behind a pretty rose garden, this excellent museum is just back from the seafront at the southeastern limit of Volos. As well as some amazing…

4. Theophilos Museum

1.95 MILES

This inconspicuous and faded mansion in little Anakasia preserves fanciful and colourful murals by Theofilos Hatzimihail (1866–1934). A wandering self…

5. Dimini

3.04 MILES

The remains of a walled Neolithic settlement, where perhaps 250 people lived 7000 years ago, stand atop a low mound just north of the village of Dimini,…

6. Museum of Folk Art

3.28 MILES

To find out what the Pelion’s historical mansions looked like in their prime – before being transformed into luxurious guesthouses – follow a circuitous…

7. Byzantine Art and Culture Museum

3.32 MILES

Perched immediately above the village square (and church) in a mansion that’s been given a modern, air-conditioned makeover, Makrinitsa’s ‘showroom of…

8. Sesklo

5.92 MILES

First inhabited before 6000 BC, and thus the oldest acropolis in Greece, this Neolithic site occupies a gently sloping hillside 14km west of Volos. Well…