The story
The Roads of the Blossoming Almond Trees in Sykourio/Larisa
A springtime event around Sykourio, a farming village at the foot of Mount Ossa near Larissa, tied to the blossom of the area's almond orchards, planted at scale over the past three to four decades; independent details beyond the location, timing and almond-growing context were limited in available sourcing.
Sykourio sits at the foot of Mount Ossa, known in ancient sources as Kissavos, roughly twenty kilometers southwest of Larissa in Thessaly, and the lower part of its river basin has been planted with almond trees on a significant scale for the past three to four decades, a relatively recent agricultural specialization for the area rather than an ancient orchard tradition.