The fact is that it all started thousands of years ago as archaeological excavations in the wider area brought up buildings of a prehistoric settlement, probably of around 6500-5800 BC.

During the Turkish occupation years Zarko was one of the main centres of the wider Thessaly area.

Nowadays you can still see the Turkish and the Greek forts that were built in the 19th century in order to define the borders between the two countries.

It introduced the first ‘fabric made water-pipes’ that were used in order to water the cotton fields, as well as bringing in the area the first tractors.

A special note needs to be done regarding the 12th century St. John’s monastery which is located around 2 kilometres north of Zarkos.