We didn’t expect too much when we read about a waterfall just off the road from Kalamata to Pílos, but we were surprised with what we found. The Polylimnio waterfalls are near the village of Charavgí from where a well-marked route over a dirt road leads to a parking just next to the valley. But …
Mystras – once a Byzantine medieval town with several ten thousand inhabitants – was not only an interesting historic sight but also a hike up the mountains. From Sparta we had already seen Mystras in the distance, situated on a hill in front of the Taígettos mountains. At the Acropolis of Sparta Fortress of Mystras …
What luck that we just arrived in Sparta the day the Trifecta World Championship started!! Spartan Race is a series of steeplechases. There is the Spartan Sprint (3+ miles of obstacle racing, 20+ obstacles), the Spartan Super (8+ miles, 25+ obstacles), the Spartan Beast (13+ miles, 30+ obstacles), and the Spartan Ultra (30+ miles, 60+ obstacles). …
A fantastic road connects Kalamáta with Sparta, crossing the Taígettos mountains over a pass at 1,300 metres. We started this tour in Kalamáta and drove up through the valley of the Nédonas river. In general the road was very good, just on some points it is sliding away, so the road is narrowed to one …
The historic houses at the Mani peninsula are outstanding, and today we went to visit the Mourtzinos fortification in Kardamyli on the West Coast. We had spent the night at the beach of Kardamyli and got ready to go on a hike where we would visit a typical fortified house and continue up the mountains …
From this beautiful bay at the Mani peninsula starts a hike which promised a castle, a village, a monastery and a canyon – we got all of that and more. Thanks to the GPS data, we found the start of the hike up the mountains easily, otherwise we might have missed that big sign. A …
After ending the last day at the harbour of Kótronas, we had parked there for the night. The next morning we decided to hike up to the monastery of Sotiras. For our hikes I use the Rother guide of the Peloponnese, which I had bought in Austria and downloaded the GPS data into the Rother …
Today, the Mani Peninsula had to be discovered! We drove most of the way and hiked the last part to the cape, where Greek legend placed the home of Hades. Mani is the central peninsula of the three which extend southwards from the Peloponnese. The landscape is dry and mountainous. Not so long ago access …
We were on the way to this ship wreck when we had a little crash into a balcony 🙁 As usually, we were making our way along windy roads and through villages with extra narrow passages. At one village we had to navigate through a roundabout which was around a church – a first for …
A hike took us close to Cap Maleas in the southeast of the Peloponnese with great views along the coast. Parking for the night Sunrise … We had spent the night at the Laconian Gulf near the island of Elafonisos, directly at the sandy beach. The next morning we enjoyed a great sunrise and soon …
