As we had circled the two first “fingers” of the Peloponnese we also made a tour around the third one, visiting 2 cute little villages with Venetian castles: Koroni and Methoni!
We first arrived at Koroni and found a parking before we got into the narrow streets of the village, which saved us some excitement.
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| Streets of Koroni |
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| Fantastic hardware store, we bought ourselves a floor mat here! |
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| Monastery inside the castle walls |
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| Entrance to the monastery |
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| Monks harvesting their olives |
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| Chapel in the remains of a much older church |
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| Who lived here? |
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| At the top of the old fortress tower |
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| Nun packing a little Christmas present for us |
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| Road along the southern coast of Messinia |
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| Lunch break in Methoni |
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| Delicious beetroot salad |
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| Edi found another friend! |
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| Fortress of Methoni with a bridge over the moat |
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| Restored part of the castle |
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| Octagonal Bourtzi tower from 1500 |
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| View back from the Bourtzi tower on a tiny island |
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| View from the northern tower |
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| Impressive third entrance gate |
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| Flower of the Day |
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| Parking for the night |
We found a parking on the beach of the Navarino bay near Pylos. From here, our next hike will start tomorrow. (36.954887, 21.669404)