Metaxochori (or Retsiani) is located in Kissavos and is very close to Agia. The Metaxochori is a traditional settlement with many beautiful houses, a beautiful square that is suitable for eating with the tavern is located in the plane trees and the beautiful climate in the green of Kissavos. Metaxochori is one of the five traditional settlements of the prefecture of Larissa and not unfair because inside it you will find many houses built with wood and stone and are in very good condition.
Surrounded by the narrow stone-built alleys in Metaxochori and discover many beautiful corners of the village and the houses many well-known artists. Metaxochori is also the village of many artists, since many have their homes there some of whom are Anna Vageni, Loukianos Kilaidonis, Thanasis Papakonstantinou, Katia Antonopoulou, Pantelis Kalliotsos, Giannis Kontos, Yannis Votantzoglou, Rena Angeou, Martha Frintzila and others.
On the Metaxochoros river flows the river Amyros, which has its springs in Kissavos and ends up at Lake Karla. The village is divided into two with a small stream, but in the square you will find a small bridge that connects the village to two.
Some of the sights in Metaxochori are the steep cliffs of Roman and Hellenistic times, its mansions inside the village, such as the 19th-century Hadzichimali-Agorovitsa mansion, the house of the Vazia brothers, dates back to 1871, the School of Girls of Hieroteria (19th century), which hosts important folklore exhibits the Cultural Center, the old Aqueduct (8 vaults in the Monastery of Agios Efstathios) and the village churches, such as the Ionic Church Aghia Paraskevi you will find it as you walk up the main road, Agios Georgios chuch, Agios Nikolaos church, the Monastery Efstathiou and beautifully located the Prophet Elias church which offers panoramic views to Metaxochori and the surrounding mountains. Definitely worth a trip to Profitis Ilias to admire the view and to stop in the small square there beside a large platan and the tap that has cool water. It is also said that in 1765 and according to some ecclesiastical books Kosmas Aetolos passed from Metaxochori and spoke to the inhabitants of the village and at this point a tree grew between a rock.
One of the major mansions in Metaxochori is also the mansion of the Swiss Eugene Favre built in 1876. It is an impressive mansion with each floor reaching 300 square meters but unfortunately has been abandoned.
Metaxochori is at an altitude of 300m. Metaxochori – Larissa: a 30-minute drive. The coast of the prefecture
Larissa and Agiokambos in particular are 15 km away from Metaxochori.
Nearby you will find the villages Anatoli, Megalovriso, Melivia and others.
