Send Flowers to Volos, Greece

Volos sits at the head of the Pagasetic Gulf in central Greece, with Mount Pelion rising directly behind it, so the city has the sea at its feet and chestnut forests and stone villages a short drive above. The waterfront promenade, Argonafton, is lined with cafes and the tsipouradika for which the town is famous, small places serving tsipouro with plates of seafood. Residential life spreads through the grid of the centre, the district of Nea Ionia and the seaside stretch towards Anavros and Agria, and the University of Thessaly, which has its seat here, fills old industrial buildings with students.

Myth places Jason and the Argonauts at ancient Iolcos, and the port still links the mainland with the Sporades islands. People send flowers to Volos for name days, graduations and anniversaries, and also to relatives who have retired to Pelion villages such as Portaria and Makrinitsa. Mountain addresses can be vague, so a clear description and a phone number are especially useful there.

Orders placed before midnight Greek time are delivered the next day, Monday to Saturday, by a florist in the area who makes each arrangement by hand. There are no deliveries on Sundays or main public holidays. Volos has warm, humid summers and mild winters, so seasonal substitutions are occasionally needed.

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