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View images of the Common Toad, an ugly, bulky, but really sweet creature with an interesting... nightlife.
Learn about the Salsify, a beautiful plant, with edible and medicinal properties, that is currently blooming in Pelion.
Visit Mourtias, one of Pelion's most picturesque beaches on the Aegean coast.
Tour the Volos Archaeological Museum, a pretty century-old building, whose exhibits span a historical period of over 10 millennia!
Download a fantastic picture of Horton, Pelion, taken from the dirt road that connects Horton with Metohi, a small village higher up.
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Pelion Maps
"Cartography is an imitation - through drawing - of the entire known part of the world together with the things which are, broadly speaking, connected with it."
Ptolemy
Below you'll find links to the best Pelion maps on the World Wide Web. However, good as they may be, online maps leave a lot to be desired. Firstly, they are undersized, owing to constraints imposed by the display area, and secondly they are characterized by mediocre image quality and limited features, to assure a reasonable loading time. So, even though these maps will give you a fair understanding of the area, they are no substitute for a real map in print.
It is no wonder, then, that many site visitors ask me whether there's a good map of Pelion and whether it's obtainable online. Fortunately, the answer to both questions is yes. There is an excellent map of Pelion, on a scale of 1:50,000, drawn on the Hellenic Army Geographical Service's (H.A.G.S.) background, which has been conveniently colored to emphasize differences in elevation. As an added bonus, the package contains a map of Volos and a booklet, with information about interesting hiking routes in the Pelion region. The map can be ordered online here.
For all you skeptics out there, I don't make any money promoting the map. I'm merely suggesting it because it's by far the best map available and I use it myself. I realize that the last statement might act as a deterrent, but, hey, don't say you haven't been warned...
"Cartography is an imitation - through drawing - of the entire known part of the world together with the things which are, broadly speaking, connected with it."
Ptolemy
Below you'll find links to the best Pelion maps on the World Wide Web. However, good as they may be, online maps leave a lot to be desired. Firstly, they are undersized, owing to constraints imposed by the display area, and secondly they are characterized by mediocre image quality and limited features, to assure a reasonable loading time. So, even though these maps will give you a fair understanding of the area, they are no substitute for a real map in print.
It is no wonder, then, that many site visitors ask me whether there's a good map of Pelion and whether it's obtainable online. Fortunately, the answer to both questions is yes. There is an excellent map of Pelion, on a scale of 1:50,000, drawn on the Hellenic Army Geographical Service's (H.A.G.S.) background, which has been conveniently colored to emphasize differences in elevation. As an added bonus, the package contains a map of Volos and a booklet, with information about interesting hiking routes in the Pelion region. The map can be ordered online here.
For all you skeptics out there, I don't make any money promoting the map. I'm merely suggesting it because it's by far the best map available and I use it myself. I realize that the last statement might act as a deterrent, but, hey, don't say you haven't been warned...
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Geophysical Map, Close-up
The Pelion peninsula divided into 9 separate, easily navigable plates, each depicting an area of approximately 15km x 15km (225km2) or a little less than 10mi x 10mi (100mi2). Maps are clickable and connected to the corresponding destinations pages. Page also features a rudimentary lookup tool, to help you pinpoint the village or locale of interest. |
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High Resolution Pelion Map
The text link above and the image link to the right will direct you to high resolution Pelion map, in Compuserve GIF (.gif) format. An image optimized, widthwise, for your browser settings will be automatically loaded upon opening the page. If your screen resolution is set to 800x600 the image size will be 135kb, whilst if your resolution is 1024x768 or higher its size will be 206kb! So, please be patient, as images will take some time to load. You can also open images in pop-up boxes, by clicking on the links below. |
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Low Resolution Pelion Map
Same as above, but images are in JPEG (.jpg) format and, consequently, they're about half as small and load much faster. The downside is that the lettering and edges aren't that crisp. Again, images can be opened in pop-up windows, by clicking on the links below. 1024x768 optimized map - 106kb 800x600 optimized map - 68.5kb |
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