Larissa holds a central position in the country, since it’s situated on Greece's main transport axis, connecting Athens and Thessaloniki, while the airport of Central Greece is less than an hour away. The river Pinios runs through the north part of the city and it is a meeting point for people who enjoy nature, walking, hiking and biking.
Larissa, main town of Thessaly and an agricultural market town, is situated next to a bend of Pinios River in the Thessaly plains, south of Mt. Olympus. The region has unique natural beauty, with wooded mountains, large fertile plains crossed by Pinios River, and various beaches.
Larissa (/ ləˈrɪsə /; Greek: Λάρισα, Lárisa, pronounced [ˈlarisa] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 148,562 in the city proper, according to the 2021 census. [2] It is also the capital of the Larissa regional unit. It is a principal agricultural centre and a national transport hub ...
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The capital of Thessaly, Larissa is a fun-loving university town off the tourist trail. With 8,000 years of history the city rests under an acropolis that has layers of ancient, Byzantine and Ottoman remains. Hippocrates, the father of medicine spent the last decade of his life in ancient Larissa, and there’s a small monument at the place where his tomb was rediscovered in the 19th century ...