Some excerpts from the website of Metropol that might be useful
The METROPOL hotel is located in the
center of Larissa. Due to the advantage of its site, among the picturesque pedestrian sidewalks of the city, our customers can easily combine their
business, their shopping, their entertainment and comforts. The Metropol hotel, completely renovated in 1999, offers
84 double and single bedrooms,
9 suites and
2 rooms equiped for persons with special needs. It also avails a
breakfast room, a
restaurant bar, cafeteria and a
garage in the basement to accomodate 80 cars. All
rooms are perfectly soundproof with double glazing and have a
bathroom with
hairdryer,
air condition, colored
t.v,
mini bar and
telephone. For your
business meetings, for congresses or
celebrations, the METROPOL hotel avails
rooms of 10 person capacity to cater for any
business or social events. METROPOL Hotel B' Class 14, ROUSVELT STR., LARISSA, GREECE
TEL: 0030 - 2410 - 537161
FAX: 0030 - 2410 -255242
metropol@lar.forthnet.gr
Larissa: City in the area of Thessalia, capital of the Larissa district and head of an homonym municipality. The word is pelasgian and means castle, invulnerable fort location. Its is built on the central east part of the Thessalia plain, on the two shores(mainly on the right) of the Pinios river. The years following the Second World War the population of the city over doubled. This is attributed to the areas fertility. The city is the commercial, industrial, transportation and administrative
center of the area. Big industrial units have been built there for the elaboration of farm products, as sugar, paper and cotton. Its prevalent position makes it the transportation nodal point between Athens and Thessaloniki. It is connected with Athens, Thessaloniki and Volos by train. It is also connected by the National Highway with these cities and with other ones of the broader area. At the same time there is an
airport connection with the city of Athens. Larissa has a nice structure, wonderful squares, many pedestrian streets and parks,
gardens and contemporary buildings. It has 220.000 inhabitants.