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In stunning site of Olympia, where they mingle with calm Alpheus and Kladeos River, the matrix of history gave birth to human ideals of peace, sportsmanship. Here, where athletes competed for prize with an olive branch and cities – states were making war truce from 776 BC emerged the world “… the beautiful, the great, […]

The famous archaeological site of Peristerias is an imposing landscape next to Kyparissia after passage Backs, which archaeologists call “Mycenae Western Peloponnese” for the wealth of findings and size of the buildings, which date back to the 2nd millennium BC. To date, the main findings of Peristeria is 4 vaulted tombs, part palace and many […]

The territory of Bassae is located between Arcadia, Triphylia and Messenia, on the western slopes of Mt. Kotilion near the ancient city of Phigaleia. The mountain is scored with ravines (vassai), which give the place its name. In this bare, rocky landscape, 1131 metres above sea level, the people of Phigaleia founded a sanctuary in […]

The ancient Messene was the capital of Messinia. It was near the present village Mavromati in the western foothills of Mount Ithomi entering from Arcadian Gate. Ithomi was the strongest natural and artificial stronghold of Messinia. The city was founded by the Theban general Epaminondas in 369 BC who freed Messenia by the Spartans. Messene […]

Castlecity of Mystras The site, the naturally fortified and strategically important hill of Byzantine Myzithra, north of Taygetos, is a medieval castle and the fortified settlement that encloses within the walls of monasteries, churches, chapels, houses and palaces. The Acropolis and the fortification of the  Mystra  The Frankish castle with the battlements and towers was founded […]