Agria – Agios Lavrentios

The hike Agria – Agios Lavrentios starts from the sea level and runs through the rural surroundings of the Agria, before ascending to the slopes of Agios Lavrentios. Apart from the old railway station and the bridge of Vrychonas, in the low zone we can rpot the medieval tower of Vrochia, next to the old church of Agios Nikolaos.

The hike Agria – Agios Lavrentios runs along the eastern end of the coastal front of Agria. Leaving the main road Volos-Argalastis, we enter the area of the old railway station of Agria. This is the main station of the former transporting and today tourist railway line Volos-Milies (now the train starts from Ano Lechonia).

We cross the railway area and we pass in front of the big church of Agii Apostoli. At the edge of the residential area, we enter a dirt road. We leave the dirt road to enter a path in an olive grove. Soon, under the earth path, the old cobbled path is revealed. The path meanders in the olive grove and comes out on a small asphalt. The road goes around the upper part of the sparse rural settlement of Vrochia and meets the central asphalt to Agios Lavrentios, very close to the medieval tower of Vrochia and the church of Agios Nikolaos.

The tower of Vrochia dates back to the 14th century, so it belongs to the Frankish period and is believed to have been built by the Catalans, who occupied the area in those years.

We walk 690 m. on the asphalt road and immediately after the two-arched road bridge of Vrychonas we enter a nice cobbled path, climbing into an olive grove.

After a while, we meet a dirt road, which has covered the cobbled path. From here on, our route coinsides with the Agios Lavrentios-Kato Lechonia hike.

We continue on a sequence of unspoiled cobbled paths and small dirt roads – which have covered the cobbled path – and passing near the small settlement of Servanates we meet again the asphalt to Agios Lavrentios. We enter a larger, undisturbed section of cobblestone path, we cross the asphalt road and following again a well preserved cobbled path, we meander along old estates. The, after a part of the cobbled path used as a rural road, we cross a small, single-arched bridge. Then, the path becomes a cobbled alley and brings us to the square of Agios Lavrentios.

The route is marked with red signs, signs on metal poles and some direction signposts.