Car Hire Volos

This is Greece’s fifth biggest city and a great base for exploring ancient Pelion. A Volos hire car would be very helpful for this and you won’t find better than our offers anywhere else because we’ve already checked to make sure.

Now you’re sure of the best prices, take the opportunity to choose your perfect Volos hire car online and take advantage of our inclusive package of protecting insurance and emergency cover.

We also offer car hire at Volos Airport so if you’d rather not wait for the bus transfer; choose the airport option for collection of your car when you book.

Driving Guide & Places To Go in Volos

Near Volos is the Neolithic village of Dimini which has been excavated over the last few decades. They are far more interesting than your standard prehistoric ruins and will soon be accompanied by a freshly excavated Mycenaean site next door. If you want more archaeology, Sesklo, a couple of miles away is in a beautiful location atop a hill and whilst the site itself is less impressive, the location more than makes up for it.

The city is a little light on decent beaches but if you want to cool off, head for Anavros where the sea is clear and the pebbly beach just about manageable.

The Athanasakeion Archaeological Museum in Volos is a popular visit for tourists having many of the artefacts of local excavations on display. Despite being one of the smaller museums in Greece it has a lot to recommend it.

Out and about from Volos you can drive through the land that was the ancient kingdom of Pelion. Portaria and Makrynitsa are mountain villages which still share vestiges of Pelion architecture in the mansions there.

Mount Pelion is found on a nearby island and is great for hiking as well as the beautiful beaches that line its shores.

Closest Airports for Volos 

All flights to and from Volos only operate in the summer so the airport is closed in winter. The summer flights are almost all charter flights from Europe’s main holiday companies and fly from major European airports. Currently serving just under 100,000 passengers a year, the facilities are a little light there with only one café and a small duty free however the airport is due an upgrade to take account of burgeoning passenger numbers.

It’s eleven miles west of the city of Volos, reached via the route 92 road from Larissa.

Airport Code: VOL
Airport Also Known as: Nea Anchialos National Airport