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this hotel has a slightly alternative ambience and large,
pastel-coloured rooms. Breakfast
(€7
/person extra) is
served on a terrace with sea views.
€70
Sofokles
T
24260 31230,
W
sofokleshotel.com.
Slightly bland hotel located towards the northern end of
the beachfront. Plus points include sea views from most of
the rooms, an
d an
attractive terrace-pool. Breakfast €7.50/
person extra.
€60
The hotel also offers a pricey on-site “continental cuisine”
restaurant, turning the freshest local products into French-
and Italian-inspired dishes. Restaurant open for din
ner o
nly,
weekends and holidays
.
Shut one month in winter.
€90
MOÚRESSI
Ì
The Old Silk Store
T
24260 49086 or 693 71 56
780,
W
pelionet.gr.
Set in a beautiful, lightly restored
nineteenth-century mansion with a lush garden, barbecue
area and high-ceilinged, wood-floored rooms (plus a self-
catering studio cottage). Breakfasts change daily but
always inclu
de e
xcellent bread and home-made preserves.
Closed Feb
.
€65
DAMOÚHARI
Ì
Damouhari
T
24260 49840,
W
pelion.com.gr.
This
place is actually a “village” of stone-built, creatively
decorated studio cottages and rooms below a small infinity
pool, with antiques and wood trim in the rooms and
objet-
trouvé
decor in its
Kleopatra Miramare
bar. There's an
excellen
t wa
terside annexe of five state-of-the-art rooms,
as well.
€85
MYLOPÓTAMOS
Diakoumis
T
24260 49203,
W
diakoumis.gr.
On the
approach to Mylopótamos these are the first rooms you
come to and among the best, just 1km from the beach.
Accommodation is spread over two rambling buildings;
each studio (2-3 persons) or apartment (up to 5 persons) is
brightly decorated and has kitchen, a/c and s
pect
acular
views of the sea from a private wooden balcony.
€70
3
TSANGARÁDHA
Konaki
T
24260 49481.
Located just south of the Ayía
Paraskeví square but set back from the road. All rooms have
fridges and views, some have b
alcon
ies, and there's a
pleasant basement breakfast area.
€50
Ì
The Lost Unicorn
T
24260 49930,
W
lostunicorn
.com.
Under the sympathetic management of Clare and
Christos Martzos, this place scores as much for its common
areas - kitted out like a British gentlemen's club - as for the
eight antique-furnished, terrazzo-floored rooms in the
1890s building. Continental or full English breakfast extra.
LIMNIÓNAS
Faros
T
24260 49194,
W
faros.pelionet.gr.
North of
Limniónas, at the very end of a rough, precipitous road,
stands this small, very welcoming, family-run operation, in
a secluded, leafy spot popular
with
hikers, beachgoers and
horseriders. Breakfast €8 extra.
€45
EATING
MAKRYNÍTSA
Alfa ke Vita
T
24280 99355.
About 30m beyond the
platía tavernas, along a gravel path, look for a romantic
flowery terrace and enjoy carefully prepared dishes
employing fresh family-farm produce. Full meals for as
little as €10/pers.
Lunch & dinner; closed Mon.
DAMOÚHARI
Karagatsi
T
24260 49841.
One of the best tavernas in the
area. Personable chef/owner
Apostolis (who also runs the
unique hotel
Damouhari
) puts together big Greek salads and
fresh fish creations, including his own
taramasalata
. Seating
features bay views, especially romantic at sunset. Dishes
€4-10.
Daily lunch & dinner.
To K aly vi
T
24260 49578.
This traditional taverna has
tables on the platía, and features grilled meats and stews,
as well as fresh wild greens and local veggies, depending
on the season. €10-15/person.
Daily lunch & dinner.
ÁYIOS IOÁNNIS
Ostria
T
24260 32132.
Hillside taverna featuring
Mediterranean recipes making use of herbs and strong
flavourings - proprietress Hariklia spent years in Florence,
so pasta dishes are prominent; reserve tables in season.
€10-15/person.
Daily lunch & dinner.
Poseidhonas
T
24260 31222.
Run by a fishing family,
this is the best seafood choice in the Pelion. They only sell
their own fresh catch of the day so can run out of food
quickly. Main courses run to about €6-8.
Daily lunch &
dinner.
MYLOPÓTAMOS
Angelika
T
24260 49588.
Welcoming and efficient
taverna where the fresh fish is, as usual, expensive, but
other seafood, mezédhes and
mayireftá
are tasty and
reasonably priced. €10-15/person.
Daily lunch & dinner,
Easter-Oct,
otherwise weekends only.
The western Pelion
Lying in the rain shadow of the mountain, the
western Pelion
has a drier, more
Mediterranean climate, with olives and arbutus predominating except in shady, damp
