fytoko

Phytoko – Lestiani – Monastery of Survia

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A stone’s throw from Nea Ionia Volos, just 3 km away. northwest, is the village of Fytoko. From Fytoko we descend to the gorge formed by the Kaliakouda stream, where at its deepest point there is a picturesque one-arched stone bridge on our right. Continuing northeast for 6.5 km. we find the chapel of Panagia of Leschiani. It is appropriate to say that just before the church there is a path on our right, which in just 10 minutes leads to a third-rate stone bridge. Another 3.5 km and we reached the monastery of Sourovias. The monastery, one of the largest in the region during the Turkish occupation -along with the Flamourion Monastery- was created in the first half of the 16th century by Hosios Dionysios of Olympus and Hosios Gerasimos the New renovated it in the 18th century. The monastery is of fortress form, has remarkable frescoes and was a base during the Greek Revolution. Here ends our little adventure returning from the same route.