It is the biggest Pelion village with 3.000 inhabitants, 47 Km NE of Volos. Its name derives from The Slavic word zagora (behind The mountain) .It consists of four districts: Agia Paraskevi or Perahora, Agia Kiriaki, Agios Georgios and Sotira.
It is a village of great beauty lying in the high Pelion woodland with plenty of flowing waters. It started being built around the monastery of Sotira founded in 1660 which was destroyed by a fire in 1887.Having remained almost untouched by the Turks it reached its maximum bloom in the 17th and the 18th c. by developing the sericulture and the weaving handicraft. The Zagorians managed to have o whole fleet and developed a very competitive marine trade using Horefto as their port.
Many important intellectuals and enlightened people were born in this village: Patriarch Kallinikos 3rd, the internationally known historian Ioannis Kordatos, the benefactors Alexander Pandos and Demetrios Polimeris, who financed among other things the construction of the road net in Pelion.
Zagora was one of the main education centres already at the beginning of the 18th c.. Its first school was based in the monastery of Sotira .The evolution of the village created the need for a bigger school. Thus in Agios Georgios a new school was founded either in 1702 or 1712 which from 1777 onwards with the support of Kallinikos 3rd and Ioannis Pringos was renovated and transformed into an Academy also known today as "Greek Museum Of Zagora" .In Its library there are about 18.000 books. Many fathers of the country including Rigas Fereos studied here.
The mansions of the 17th and 18th c.such as Kassavetis, Pringos and the poet's Peter Magnes are spectacular. Most significant of all are the churches is the basilica of Agios Georgios, built in 1765 by Kallinikos 3rd .Its wooden carved gold-plated icon screen, pulpit and bishop's throne are splendid. Other churches with carved icon screens and remarkable wall paintings are those of Agios Dimitrios, Agios Nikolaos and Profitis Ilias. Also interesting to see are the marble fountains of Despoti and Kralli, the roofed fountain Sevastous and the fountain of Niiades Nymphes at Agios Georgios square. The feast of Agios Triandafillos is celebrated on August 8.