Peloponnese 2023, part 20 (Bassae, Karytaina, Megalopolis, Stemnitsa)
When I finished with my visit to the Archaeological Site of Olympia, inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List, I drove to another site from this »
Peloponnese 2023, part 15 (Thalames, Nomitsi, Stoupa, Kardamyli, Kalamata, Mavrommati, Ancient Messene)
While driving through the Mani Peninsula in southern Peloponnese, Greece, I arrived at the village of Thalames. In this area, the main road along the coast »
Peloponnese 2023, part 14 (Diros, Areopoli, Kelefa, Oitylo, Lagada)
The Diros Caves are located on the southern side of the bay of the same name, on the western coast of the Mani Peninsula. They consist »
Peloponnese 2023, part 13 (Mystras, Diros)
The previous sequel of my stories about the trip around the Peloponnese in September 2023 ended with a photograph from January 2013, when I first visited »
Peloponnese 2023, part 12 (Sparta, Mystras)
Modern Sparta has almost no connection with ancient Sparta. For starters, modern Greeks are wiser than their Spartan ancestors and hedonism is an important part of »