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The remains of a walled Neolithic settlement, where perhaps 250 people lived 7000 years ago, stand atop a low mound just north of the village of Dimini, 6km west of Volos. Follow the trail to the rear to see – and enter – a wonderful tholos (beehive-shaped tomb).

The tholos was constructed centuries later by the inhabitants of the larger Mycenaean settlement alongside. Identified, complete with a royal palace, as ancient Iolkos – the mythic starting point of Jason and his Argonauts – the settlement is still under excavation, and closed to visitors.

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    Theophilos Museum

    4.68 MILES

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    2.89 MILES

    First inhabited before 6000 BC, and thus the oldest acropolis in Greece, this Neolithic site occupies a gently sloping hillside 14km west of Volos. Well…

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    3.71 MILES

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  • Tsalapatas Brickworks Museum

    Tsalapatas Brickworks Museum

    2.11 MILES

    From 1926 until 1975, Tsalapatas Rooftile and Brickworks, 1.5km west of the port at the Old Town’s South Gate, formed part of the cultural fabric of Volos…

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    Volos Museum of the City

    2.3 MILES

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1. Tsalapatas Brickworks Museum

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