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 |