Local Market

The area's products are blond and black grapes, walnuts, apples from the famous village named MANNA and wine. You can also find many vegetable, fruit and eggs from the street sales as you are coming from Xilokastro to Trikala and in the village square. If you are lucky and you find local cheese, yogurt, milk and meat do not miss the opportunity to buy because these products are not available the whole year, neither may find them in shops. When you arrive at the chalet you can ask information about the local sheep man and who knows, maybe you are lucky.

Taking the road from Xylokastro to Trikala and after the big village named Riza, on the right side across the road you will meet Mrs Sophie's garden vegetable. You can find everything there and everything smell just like as it is, cucumber, tomato with all their taste. So do not forget to stop and she will cut from the garden what you ask for just the time you are there. The garden is open from July to October.

Driving to Ziria Mountain you will find the ski center and many other activities depending on the season. At the ski center there is a cafeteria where you can drink coffee, several drinks, eat sweets, sandwich, cheese pie and food. You can also buy traditional local products such as wine, honey, jam, dry grapes origanum and others always depending on the season.

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