June 2022
32 Travelling around Greece
Destination: Dendra-Platanoulia-Tyrnavos-Thessaly
The Platanoulia Pear Festival The Pear Festival is successfully held in our village during the past few years and it aims to highlight the local products, especially the pear. The municipality of Tyrnavos, and specifically the villages Dendra, Platanoulia and the residential area of Agia Sofia, with only 1.000-1.100 inhabitants, produce the most pears, not only in the prefecture of Larissa, but in whole Thessaly. They hold and cultivate a huge area of 25.000 acres. Τhe pear harvest starts in the beginning of August and the Pear Festival is held in early autumn every year. The visitors can get to know other local products, apart from pears, such as various fruits and tsipouro. At the end of the festival, we all enjoy ourselves experiencing the folklore musical event with live traditional music, songs and dances. Efsthathia Kaltsogianni 6th Grade
My forest Come and visit Roumani, the beautiful forest of Platanoulia.Ιt is located in our village and Pinios passes through it. It is the only forest, through which a river flows. It has a lot of trees, most of which are oaks. It is 13 kilometers far from Larissa and it covers an area of about 500 acres. On May Day, we barbecue and we have fun in Roumani. We keep it clean and we
hang out with friends there. You can also go fishing, there are mainly wels catfish. Dimitris Tsoutsas 5th Grade Alerdo Giata 6th Grade The Tyrnavos Bridge An impressive stone bridge dominates the entrance of Tyrnavos. It was built around 1900 and it is composed of 10 arches. It connects Tyrnavos with Larissa.
It straddles the Titaricius or else Ksirias river. The bridge almost collapsed after the flood in 1972. In 2010, the same problem reappeared, but maintenance works were made and the bridge was declared a protected monument by the Greek Ministry of Culture. Leo Kazani 6th Grade The bees, our best friends The honey bees play an important role in nature. The fertilization of plants takes place thanks to them. They are very hardworking. They belong to a small community, the hive. In every hive there are about 80.000 bees. Every hive has its queen bee, the worker bees and the drones. The work of the queen bee is to lay eggs to revitalize the bee population in the hive. All the worker bees are females and their job is to take care of the bee larvae and guard the hive. There are six categories of worker bees. Τhe drones are the male bees and they never sting.
