Portaria (Greek: Πορταριά) is a village and a former municipality in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Volos, of which it is a municipal unit.^[1] It is located on Mt. Pelion, facing the Pagasetic Gulf, north of Volos and its suburbs. The houses, their windows and their doors are painted beautifully with a variety of colors with beautifully colored edges. The mountaintop of Pelion is to the north.

Portaria has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, banks, a post office and a square (plateia).

[edit] Historical population

[edit] Sister cities

• Tourtour, France

[edit] See also

• List of settlements in the Magnesia regional unit

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The official site of the Portaria Municipality
• Mt. Pelion through a series of original photographs and sketches
• Information about the prefecture of Magnesia, capital city of Volos and Mt. Pelion
• Portaria Village - Pelion Site dedicated to the mountainous village of Portaria, full of useful and practical information

[edit] Neighboring localities