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The Pilion Centre - The Affordable Alternative in Greece.

The Pilion Centre
Key Facts
Open May to October
Accommodation Yes
Meals provided All
Max Students 25
Organisation Voluntary - non profit
Location Anilio (40km east Volos)
Contact: info@pilion.org

What we offer
We offer holistic experiential workshops in a space where we build community through the practice
of contributing to others. This is all done in simple manner in a beautiful natural setting producing what we call 'An Ordinary Paradise', leaving you with something deeper than a suntan. Click here to see a typical day at the centre.

The Pilion Centre has accommodation and informal learning areas situated amongst two acres of orchard and forest in the unspoilt MOUNT PILION region of Greece.

Our Programme
We are currently building an exciting programme of Workshops for the Summer.  Typically our courses involve morning sessions Saturday to Friday and some evening sessions.  This allows plenty of time for swimming in the crystal clear Aegean Sea, laying on one of local quartz rich beaches, walking along the mountain tracks or enjoying a leisurely meal at the Centre of local Taverna and for making new friends who share the holistic perspective. 

We have an OPENING WORK CAMP running from May to June. This will get the centre up and running after its winter hibernation. (The big fat cherries on the trees at the Centre will be at their best in June!) If you'd like to volunteer, please see our volunteering page.

Our low key relaxed “Home From Home” weeks run alongside the Workshop programme.  Visitors sometimes choose to balance their stay at Pilion Centre with one home from home week and one workshop

Individual Retreats  can also be arranged

Travelling to the Pilion Centre
There are now last minute direct flights to Volos, the capital of the Pilion region, from many UK airports. There are scheduled flights to the nearby island of Skiathos where you then take a picturesque ferry ride to Volos.

See our Travel page for comprehensive travel information and local directions to the Centre.
For those participants who want to start their holiday as soon as they leave home, our web site forums can assist in passing on contact details and travel plans for people travelling on the same day. Adventures are sometimes better shared!

Please note: We and/or your workshop leader will do our best to support you with your travel plans and sharing, but please check your travel plans and connections thoroughly before booking your flight.


Home Coming
Guests often tell us that they have continued to benefit from the personal and social contacts they make during their stay at the Pilion Centre. Our online forum can be part of this continued process of contact and discovery.

Legend describes how Chiron the Healer Centaur taught down-to-earth healing practices on these very hillsides. The Mount Pilion region, with its lovely beaches and shady forests can provide an inspirational setting for person reflection. Writing, sketching, photography, meditation, dance and music can come easily here.

Terrain & Disabilities
The terrain at the centre is uneven, there are steep slopes in the centre grounds and the surrounding area is hilly and rocky. For this reason the centre is unsuitable for anyone who is physically infirm.
Please note: Unfortunately due to the nature of the terrain the site of the Pilion Centre is not wheelchair friendly.
If you have any concerns, please ask us before booking.
 

Our Flyer
We have only a modest budget for advertising, so can you help us by putting up posters in suitable Venues, Health Food shops, Alternative Centres, and so on; we would welcome your assistance!

You can download and print out our 2007 Flyer and our Volunteers flyer by clicking on flyer (prints colour or black & white). Otherwise email us and we will put some in the post to you.

Please click Pilion Flyer.pdf to open our Flyer in PDF.         (340Kb)
Please click Pilion Flyer.jpg to open our Flyer as an image (175Kb)

Please click Vols Flyer.pdf to open our Flyer as an image (200Kb)

(Right click and choose 'Save as' to download.

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