TSAGARADA – Four Neighborhoods, Infinite Beauty Tsagarada combines Pelion architecture, history, nature, and tradition in a package that rewards every visitor. Whether you visit it in winter for walks on its cobblestone streets or in summer for its nearby beaches, you will leave filled with images, flavors, and stories. One of the largest, most beautiful, and most popular villages of Pelion is offered in a "4-in-1" package! The four districts of Tsagarada (Agios Stefanos, Agia Kyriaki, Agia Paraskevi, Taxiarchs) are quite far from each other and could be "independent" small villages. The residential fabric is quite "loose" and stretches for almost 4 kilometers. Image The "central" square of the village is considered today to be that of Agia Paraskevi, with the homonymous church and the impressive thousand-year-old plane tree. A cobblestone path that starts from here leads to two imposing buildings, the Achillopouleios and the Nanopouleios school, which were founded by Egyptians from Tsagarada. Another cobblestone path leads to the other, "lively" square of the village, in Taxiarchs, passing by another historic building, the Kartaleio elementary school. In Taxiarchs Square, you will see the impressive church of 1786 and a beautiful fountain with four spouts. Not just a mountainTsagarada has two exits to the sea. One option is the famous beach of Mylopotamos, which is divided into two bays separated by a rock, but connected through a natural "tunnel." In winter, the raging sea almost "swallows" the beach. Image The other outlet is the inaccessible, "exotic" beach of Fakistra, You will need to leave your car on a plateau where the road ends and walk for a while to approach it. From the point where you leave the car, another path will lead you to the "Kryfo Scholeio" (Secret School) of Fakistra, where in two neighboring caves you will find the hermitage of a monk, who taught letters to the children of Tsagarada during the Turkish occupation, but also a beautiful underground chapel, the Panagia the Megalomata, where barely two people fit. Three timbers and 5-6 icons make up the humble iconostasis of this temple. A third outlet to the sea can be combined with hiking. From Tsagarada starts one of the most beautiful paths – cobblestones of Pelion that ends at the coasts of the Aegean, in Damouchari. Image A great lossUntil 2021, at the southern end of Tsagarada, stood one of the most beautiful stone arched bridges of Pelion, built in 1787 by Zoupaniotes masters. This bridge stood in an idyllic ravine, framed by centuries-old plane trees. Unfortunately, the fall of a tree from a severe storm led to its collapse, leaving behind only memories and the hope for restoration.
