Symposium on ancient ceramic technology

You may travel from Athens to Volos by:

Private car The distance is 318km. You follow the national road towards Lamia and then towards Larissa. You leave the motorway either at Mikrothives junction or at Velestino junction.
Bus The Public Road Transport Buses (KTEL) operates 11 scheduled services per day. The buses to Volos leave from Liossion Bus Terminal.
Train The Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) runs 1 direct service from Athens to Volos and 9 more via Larissa. We strongly reccommend to use Intercity trains (1 direct and 7 via Larissa). The train leave from Stathmos Larissis.
To get from the Athens airport to the bus station, you get on the X93 express bus. The buses run every 30 minutes in the day and every hour in the night.
To get from the Athens airport to the train station, you either get the Proastaikos train straight to Stathmos Larissis (warning: not all Proastaikos trains go to Athens, so make sure you get on the correct one), or you get the Metro Line 3 to Syntagma, the change to Metro Line 2 and get off at Stathmos Larissis. The service runs approx. every 30 minutes.
A taxi ride from the airport to either the train or bus station costs approx. €30.

You may travel from Thessaloniki to Volos by:

Private car The distance is 218km. You follow the national road towards Larissa and then towards Lamia. You leave the motorway either at Velestino junction.
Bus The Public Road Transport Buses (KTEL) operates 8 scheduled services per day. The buses to Volos leave from Macedonia Bus Terminal.
Train The Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) runs 14 services from Thessaloniki to Larisa, from where you can catch one of the 12 local services to Volos. We strongly reccommend to use Intercity trains (7 services to Larissa). The trains leave from New Railway Station.
To get from the Thessaloniki airport to the bus or train station, you get on the number 78 bus. Buses run approx. every 30 minutes.
A taxi ride from the airport to the bus train station costs approx. €10 and about €15 to the bus terminal.

You may travel from Volos to Lechonia by:

Private car The distance is 11km. Follow Polymeri street towards South Pelion. Pass through the villages of Agria and Kato Lechonia. When you reach Ano Lechonia do not turn left towards the center of the village, but continue straight for 1km. The Anetopoulos museum is on your right after you pass the junction towards Platanidia.
Bus The urban bus service runs a schedule approximately every 20 minutes. The bus line is "5 ΛΕΧΩΝΙΑ" or "5 ΠΛΑΤΑΝΙΔΙΑ". You have to walk from the bus stop to the museum.

The above information is correct on April 2007, but are subject to change without notice.

KTEL (buses) online timetable. Use keywords Attiki/Athens, Thessaloniki/Thessaloniki, Magnesia/Volos.
OSE (train) online timetable. Use keywords Athina, Thessaloniki, Bolos. Also check the connections Athina - Larisa - Bolos and Thessaloniki - Larisa - Bolos.

Map of downtown Volos [.jpg , 85kB]
Road map covering the area from Athens to Volos [.jpg , 880kB]
Road map covering the area from Thessaloniki to Volos [.jpg , 590kB]
Road map covering the area of Pilion with Volos and Lechonia [.jpg , 330kB]
Map of the transportation system to and from Athens International Airport [.jpg , 1520kB]
Map of the bus service from Thessaloniki International Airport [.jpg , 240kB]

Ancient ceramic technology and
experimentation with the reproduction of ancient pottery