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Volos celebrates upwards: the calendar climbs from the waterfront into the Pelion villages, where every square has its own day and the feast is set out under the plane trees.
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May - September
Panigiria run from May to September, and the season peaks at Dekapentavgoustos - the Dormition, on 15 August - when most villages hold their feast. Each programme is set close to its own saint's day, so the list fills late and empties out of season.
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Panigiria Near Volos
The Pelion summer starts early and ends late. July 17 is Agia Marina at Kissos, July 20 Profitis Ilias at Mouresi and Argalasti, July 25-27 the Saviour at Milies, July 26 Agia Paraskevi at Zagora. August 6 brings the Transfiguration to Agios Dimitrios and Mikro, and August 15 spreads across the whole mountain - Vizitsa, Xourichti, Kala Nera, Pteleos, Potistika. At Agios Lavrentios the feast of August 15-16 is a nationwide pilgrimage to the saint's relics. September closes the cycle: the 2nd at Kissos, the 8th at Horto, the 13th and 14th for the Holy Cross at Kato Gatzea.
Alongside the saint's days runs a second calendar, of local produce: the Wine Festival at Nea Anchialos in mid-August, the Olive Festival at Drakeia on August 17, the folk feast at Metochi Piliou. In the city, tsipouro is an institution in its own right - Volos tsipouradika serve the glass with the meze arriving alongside it, and that rhythm carries up to the tables at the feasts. On the mountain the food is Pelian: spetzofai of sausage and peppers, local cheeses, pites, and wine or tsipouro from the area's own vines.
Common questions
Where can I find panigiria near Volos?+
Mainly in the Pelion villages - Zagora, Kissos, Mouresi, Milies, Vizitsa, Agios Lavrentios, Argalasti, Xourichti and Kala Nera - and in coastal settlements such as Nea Anchialos. See the current calendar on Mood.
When are the biggest panigiria on Pelion?+
August 15, kept in almost every village, and the two days of August 15-16 at Agios Lavrentios, which is a nationwide pilgrimage. Zagora on July 26 and Milies in late July also hold large feasts.