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Tags : Garden & Park
Time required : 40 minutes- 1 hour
How to get there? : From Volos station
Via taxi- 14 minutes—EUR 29– EUR 35
Via bus- 31 minutes - EUR 1- EUR 2
From Volos airport
Via taxi- 46 minutes – EUR 160– EUR 200
Via shuttle + bus- 2 hours, 16 minutes – EUR 5—EUR 7
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The Centaur’s path is a trail constructed along the path of Mount Pelion. The 1.45 kilometers path connects the village of Pelion to the luscious olive trees growing above it. You can hike along this path enveloped in nature while watching the various forms of birds and trees around it. There is a monastery towards the end of the downstream road, a few meters away from the intriguing structure of the ‘door’.
While taking a stroll around this path, you can sit and relax for a while near the various streams, click beautiful pictures or stop to appreciate the antique structure of the bridges on the path. According to a popular Greek legend, Chiron, the most popular Centaur, who was a teacher to Asclepius, Jason and Achilles and was the first one to use herbs as a remedy to diseases walked through this path. The end of this trail will lead you to the source of Mana as mentioned in the bible.