Kyparissi – Kastraki
We spent a peaceful night high above Kyparissi at the parking for sector Psilovrachos, with the clearing storm painting the skies and sea red We awoke to find just how […]
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Vlychada
Yet another tortuous drive south leads from Kyparissi village up past the higher crags and over a coll at about 700m before winding through a couple of mountain villages until […]
Kyparissi – sector Watermill
We decided to take a side trip to Kyparissi, about 15km further down the coast. That’s 15km as the crow flies, but about 40km by road (and that’s a huge […]
Nafplio – Kondyli
The seaside town of Nafplio is a pretty if touristy spot, full of Venetian architecture and dominated by an impressive hilltop fortress. We based ourselves at Lefka Beach Camping a […]
Nedousa
The other crag on Mt Taygetus is Nedousa, in fact it’s a whole bunch of crags set around this tiny village. We only sampled the roadside sector Tzerani which features […]
Lagada
Mt Taygetus is the highest point in the Peloponnese (2,407m), forming a huge natural barrier separating Sparta from Kalamata and the coast. There’s a steep and winding mountain road that […]
Olympia – a completely unathletic day!
Just ten minutes off our route to the south of the Peloponnese, Ancient Olympia was the perfect stop off for a quick injection of antiquity into our trip. The site […]
