Agios Georgios – Kato Gatzea

The connection from Agios Georgios to Kato Gatzea followed the less steep zone between the two villages. The path crossed Ano Gatzea and their olive groves. The whole route was on a cobbled path, so carefully made that it has suffered little damage after so many decades, even in the places where is heavily used by the small trucks serving the olives or the cottages.

As on the pathway from Agios Lavrentios to Kato Lechonia, the slope of the path is gentle and so the descent looks more like a pleasant walk than a hardcore hike. Even uphill, these two routes can be easily done by the whole family or the group that walks occasionally.

The route Agios Georgios-Kato Gatzea starts from Agios Georgios village square. We walk for 340 m on the road, in the direction of Pinakates and down a cement road. We cross the asphalt and enter directly opposite the first part of the cobbled path, which descends parallel to an aquaduct.

Soon we meet a fork: the left path leads towards Pinakates (marked with the characteristic circular signs used by the Friends of the Cobbled streets of South Pelion and EOS Volos), while our route continues downhill. We continue on the very good cobbled path until we meet the asphalt.

With successive sections of cobblestone path and small sections on the asphalt, we reach the extended olive groves of Ano Gatzea, where we walk on a cobbled path that has been turned into a rural dirt road – you can see the paved surface under the level of the earth covering it.

Entering a deep ravine, we cross its axis with the help of a rudimentary system of elevated steps and passing be a spring we reach a large stone-built bridge, over which passes the Ano Lechonia-Milies railway. We go out on the line and passing in front of the station of Ano Gatzea and a small cafe we continue downhill, very good cobbled path.

We pass in front of the church of Evangelistria and after two consecutive fountains, we enter the olive grove. Walking near the ravine in a succession of dirt roads and path, we end with a cement road on the main road Volos-Argalastis.

The route is waymarked with red signs and direction signs.