The balkony of Pelion. One of the most characteristic traditional settlements, full of mansions and houses that look like hanging ornaments on the green mountain side. The square with the age - old plane trees lends a panoramic viewof Volos and the Pagasitic Gulf. In one of the traditional coffee houses there is a big fresco by Theofilos. The picturesque cobbled paths of Makrinitsa are scattered with traditional water fountains where water Jlows endlessly. Under the roof of the Topali Mansion House can be found the Museum of Popular Art and History of Pelion. This folklore Museum is a reconstruction of a Mansion House including all household equipment, pictures, jewellery, traditional dress, books, tools, local community archives, firman (oriental mandates or licenses) banners, stone busts and weapons