The municipality consists of 4 villages:
Portaria, Ano Dryanouvena of Byzantines with the church of Panagia Portarea after which it was named, the source Mana, the platans and the ambulant waters.

Alli Meria: A newer traditional dorp. An old pasture that managed to become one of the most beautiful villages with flower cultures and an excellent view towards Volos.

Stagiates: with the source of its clean waters and its tradition on tasteful sausages and Katichori that has a reputation for the wine and the tsipouro, the amphitheatrical arrangement of its houses and the warm people.


Portaria. The lady of the reception
It has been the most important commercial center of the 24 villages of Pelion. The hotel "Theoxenia" after 1900 was considered to be the biggest and most luxurious one of Balkans.
Today Portaria is "the lady of the reception" at Pelion. The neoclassic mansion houses of it show interest, many of which run as guest houses.
Every year at the ends of August the custom of the Pelion marriage relives.
It is located between the beautiful coasts of Pagasitikos and the snow of the tops of Pelion, where excellent ski runs have been developed. It has decades of hotels and guest houses.



Katichori
With the many churches
Outside the wonderful natural environment, there can be considered as index marks of the village both the four churches that are found inside the village (Panagia, Ag. Apostoloi, Ag. Athanasios, Ag. Paraskevi), the one of which, indeed, the one of Agios Athanasios is byzantine and the spread churches, remnants of the byzantine monasteries. The visit to the churches gives the chance to those that wish it, to have a wonderful walk.
One of its museum monuments is the public oil press, which the Municipality has turned into a museum, as it keeps the traditional way of functioning with all the machines that were used since the 19th century.



Places of interest in Portaria

Mana source
A shaped place with a square paved with slabs, a pavilion of rest among platans and waters.
Karavos waterfall
A small natural waterfall, where the visitor has the opportunity to watch Portaria from high and spend some hours of relaxation at the coffee house that is found there.
Adamenas square
An ideal place of relaxation and amusement, the opening point of the path towards the source of Mana.
Central Square "Melina Merkouri"
Surrounded by hotels and taverns, the place of the main cultural events.
Taxiarches square
The visitor can worship at the stone church and enjoy the wonderful view towards Volos and Pagasitikos.


Alli Meria
With the famous platan forest
The ascending road that connects it to Volos drives you to the central square, paved with slabs, with the breathtaking view and the centenarian platan. Beside, the church of Agios Athanasios with the amazing surrounding space and the marble faucet, where fresh water is always running. Walking at the cobbly roads of the village, you will be found at the bakery of Veletza and you will admire the 9 famous murals of the primitive Theophilos, which has lived in our area a big part of his life, at the beginnings of the century.

Higher, the neoclassic mansion house of Chatziargyris dominates, surrounded by a stone built towering stone fence and the old Goudelia, which is still preserved in a good shape. Continuing the errantry, your steps will bring you to the churches of Agioi Apostoloi, Taxiarches and Agios Ioannis.
You will still admire the beautiful places of Agioi Apostoloi with the age-long platans covering the whole village, the famous platan forest at the bed of Anavros, the piny hill of Agios Ioannis (Toumpa) where the municipality with elegant interventions has shaped the place so that the visitor can rest and calm beside the stone faucet