Guidebook for MANI LAKONIA
Parks & Nature
Κάστρο Τηγάνι
Best hiking tour one can do.
40 minutes from Agia kiriaki to the castle
Beautiful swimming cove. The beach is very small and with sand and crystal clear waters that spring from the mountains.
Not to visit in August if you want to be by yourself.
Gialia
Beautiful swimming cove. The beach is very small and with sand and crystal clear waters that spring from the mountains.
Not to visit in August if you want to be by yourself.
Kapi
Beautiful swimming cove. 3 minutes walking distance
Shall visit:
1. Cave of Hades
2. Hiking tour to the lighthouse of Cape Tenaro,Cavo Matapa.
3. Swimming from the rocks of Kokkinogia, crystal clear waters.
Kokkinogia
Shall visit:
1. Cave of Hades
2. Hiking tour to the lighthouse of Cape Tenaro,Cavo Matapa.
3. Swimming from the rocks of Kokkinogia, crystal clear waters.
Alipa
Station for a glass of ouzo or bear on the beach
Chalikia Vatta
Nice beach with pebble.
Taverna with cheap fresh fish.
Swimming at the small like island peninsula. Hidden gem is the small beach on the west side of the peninsula.
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Kotronas
Swimming at the small like island peninsula. Hidden gem is the small beach on the west side of the peninsula.
From Agios Kiprianos continue southeast for 2 km on the little seaside road to find the unspoiled white pebble beach of AMPELO.
Agios Kiprianos
From Agios Kiprianos continue southeast for 2 km on the little seaside road to find the unspoiled white pebble beach of AMPELO.
Hiking from Kalonioi to Agia Pelagia chapel on the top of the mountain. 2 hours. Breathtaking view
Kalonii
Hiking from Kalonioi to Agia Pelagia chapel on the top of the mountain. 2 hours. Breathtaking view
Driving, walking from Mezzos to Stavri, Kipoula, Kouros, Dry, Ochia, Gerolimenas
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Mezapos
Driving, walking from Mezzos to Stavri, Kipoula, Kouros, Dry, Ochia, Gerolimenas
Drive from Mina, Mermigianika to Pachianika, Kokkala crossing the Sagias Taygetos mountain from west towards East.
Only 4x4
Mermigianika
Drive from Mina, Mermigianika to Pachianika, Kokkala crossing the Sagias Taygetos mountain from west towards East.
Only 4x4
Kelefa
Visit medieval castle of Kelefa. For those that like hiking there is a path from Neo Oitylo
The absolute experience for those that can dive very well while snorkelling is to enter in the Katafygi cave. You MUST know what you are doing!To enter you must dive 4 meters in depth and then continue in an underwater horizontal tunnel for another 5 meters. The cave is unspoiled and continues by walking for at least 3.5 km.
The beach is with 'laser cut' moonlike rocks. Perfect. Not for little kids
Kataphygi
The absolute experience for those that can dive very well while snorkelling is to enter in the Katafygi cave. You MUST know what you are doing!To enter you must dive 4 meters in depth and then continue in an underwater horizontal tunnel for another 5 meters. The cave is unspoiled and continues by walking for at least 3.5 km.
The beach is with 'laser cut' moonlike rocks. Perfect. Not for little kids
Two sandy beaches.
The first one organised with umbrellas, bar and taverna.
The second one, the unorganised, is so much more beautiful and is always like a lake with no waves even when the first one can have 2 meter waves. Trully unspoiled. Needs 10 minutes walking but it worths it.
You can enjoy the sunset
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Marmari
Two sandy beaches.
The first one organised with umbrellas, bar and taverna.
The second one, the unorganised, is so much more beautiful and is always like a lake with no waves even when the first one can have 2 meter waves. Trully unspoiled. Needs 10 minutes walking but it worths it.
You can enjoy the sunset
The Viros Gorge is a sublime experience. Descending from the foot of Profitis Ilias it disgorges itself into the sea at Kardamili.
4 hours to descent to Kardamyli where you should eat something. Don't do it if it rains
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Kardamili
The Viros Gorge is a sublime experience. Descending from the foot of Profitis Ilias it disgorges itself into the sea at Kardamili.
4 hours to descent to Kardamyli where you should eat something. Don't do it if it rains
Arts & Culture
Picturesque byzantine era church on the cliffs of Cavo Grosso.
You should visit together with castle of Maina
Ekklisia Odigitria
Ανατολική Epar.Od. Areopolis - GerolimenaPicturesque byzantine era church on the cliffs of Cavo Grosso.
You should visit together with castle of Maina
Monastery. Peace and Serenity.
The place where the Maniots signed the treaty with Russian Orlof to begin the revolution of 1770 against the Ottomans
Monastery Dekoulou
Eparchiaki Odos Areopolis-KardamilisMonastery. Peace and Serenity.
The place where the Maniots signed the treaty with Russian Orlof to begin the revolution of 1770 against the Ottomans
Sightseeing
Σπήλαια Δίρου
One of the best caves in Europe
Boat ride
Awesome driving ride to the three remotest villages of Mani. Mountanistika, Liontaki, Pepo.
Not for someone who is afraid of heights because driving there is like flying!
Mountanistika
Awesome driving ride to the three remotest villages of Mani. Mountanistika, Liontaki, Pepo.
Not for someone who is afraid of heights because driving there is like flying!
Vathia
Picturesque village.
Enjoy the sunset
To return to Athens i sugest, if you have not already done so, to drive from Oitylo to Kalamata sightseeing Exo-Outer Mani
You can stop:
1. For swimming to Kalogria. Touristic but beautiful. Don't miss to enter in the water at the right side of the beach where the rocks begins. The water there comes from inside the Taygetos mountain and is SO cold. Absolutely refreshing.
2. For eating to Kardamyli. Don't forget to visit also old Kardamyli
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Oitylo
To return to Athens i sugest, if you have not already done so, to drive from Oitylo to Kalamata sightseeing Exo-Outer Mani
You can stop:
1. For swimming to Kalogria. Touristic but beautiful. Don't miss to enter in the water at the right side of the beach where the rocks begins. The water there comes from inside the Taygetos mountain and is SO cold. Absolutely refreshing.
2. For eating to Kardamyli. Don't forget to visit also old Kardamyli
Mystras occupies a steep foothill on the northern slopes of Mt. Taygetos, 6km. NW of Sparta. The castle on the top of the hill was founded in 1249 by the Frankish leader William II de Villeharduin. After 1262 it came under Byzantine control, and at the middle of the 14th century became the seat of the Despotate of Moreas. In 1448 the last emperor of Byzantium, Constantine XI Palaeologos, was crowned at Mystras. In 1460 the hill was captured by the Turks and in 1464 Sigismondo Malatesta of Rimini managed to capture the city but not the castle. For a short period Mystras came under the control of the Venetians (1687-1715) but was again taken over by the Turks. It was one of the first castles of Greece to be liberated in 1821. The foundation of modern Sparta by king Otto in 1834 marked the end of the old town's life.
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Mystras
Mystras occupies a steep foothill on the northern slopes of Mt. Taygetos, 6km. NW of Sparta. The castle on the top of the hill was founded in 1249 by the Frankish leader William II de Villeharduin. After 1262 it came under Byzantine control, and at the middle of the 14th century became the seat of the Despotate of Moreas. In 1448 the last emperor of Byzantium, Constantine XI Palaeologos, was crowned at Mystras. In 1460 the hill was captured by the Turks and in 1464 Sigismondo Malatesta of Rimini managed to capture the city but not the castle. For a short period Mystras came under the control of the Venetians (1687-1715) but was again taken over by the Turks. It was one of the first castles of Greece to be liberated in 1821. The foundation of modern Sparta by king Otto in 1834 marked the end of the old town's life.
Food Scene
Have a ouzo,bear at Porto Kagio. You will find tables exactly were the wave splashes on your feet.
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Porto Cayo
Have a ouzo,bear at Porto Kagio. You will find tables exactly were the wave splashes on your feet.
Limeni
Takis for fresh fish by the sea
Triantafillia
Good and cheap
Vamvaka
On walking distance, good prices and food