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The highlights of travelling through Thessaly are easily summarized. Over to the east, curling down from the industrial port-city of Volos, is the mountainous Pilio (Pelion) peninsula. The villages on its lush, orchard-covered slopes are among the most beautiful in the country - a long-established resort area for Greeks and numerous foreign car-equipped tourists, though still with many unspoiled corners. To the west is a sight not to be missed on any mainland exploration: the extraordinary "monasteries in the air" of the Meteora . The central plains are something to be passed through, rather than visited. That said, Trikala , capital of the eponymous province, is making itself into a relatively pleasant city, besides providing efficient connections by bus to nearby Kalambaka , gateway to the Meteora, and to Volos (via dreary Larissa ). Heading north or west from Larissa, you'll find yourself in one mountain range or another. North from Kalambaka there are reasonable roads, though few buses, into western Macedonia, with the lakeside town of Kastoria an obvious focus. Most travellers, however, head north from Larissa towards Thessaloniki, an attractive (though currently much dug-up) route in the shadow of Mount Olympus
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