A modern town with well laid-out streets, it is at the same time especially picturesque with its traditional villages scattered on the peaks of the Agrafa mountain range. Spas at Smokovo and Kaista as well as many antiquities and Byzantine monuments Built on the site of Homeric Trikki, Trikala today is crossed by the river Litheos. The ruins of the most ancient sanctuary of Asclepius are here. Kalambaka, famed for its Byzantine churches, is built where the river Pinios leaves the Pindus mountains, at the foothills of Meteora. With beech covered peaks, streams running down the slopes, villages rooted among the chestnut and olive trees, Pelion is a wonder.
Beautiful resorts dot the seaside.
Volos, the capital and economic centre of the district, is located in the Pagasitic gulf. To the west are the neolithic settlements of Seklo and Diminio. Splendid blue waters lap at beautiful beaches and local specialities complete the region's portrait.