EXCURSIONS

From Gythio you can see the highest peak of the Taygetos Mountain which is a beautiful sight, especially in spring and early summer, when it’s still covered in snow.

The Taygetos mountain stretches down across the Mani peninsula, starting from the centre of the Peloponnese until Cape Tenaro, and the mountain range is about 100 km.  In the Deep Mani, the Taygetos is called the Sangias Mountains and consists mainly of bare rocks. The highest part of the Taygetus Mountain is above the Outer Mani, not far from the village Kardamili. Its peak reaches 2407 meters and is called Profitis Ilias. It takes a day to reach it, although it’s only 12 km from Kardamili.

After Gythio drive even more to the south, and to the west until Areopolis. From Areopolis there are two road options. Option one is the road that runs north, along the western coast, to Kalamata. This is the most touristic area with villages like Limeni, Oitylo, Karavostasi, Agios Nikolaos, Stoupa, and Kardamili.

The second option is to take the route that runs south of Areopolis. This road leads to Gerolimenas, Vatheia and the Cape Tainaro. 

Vathia is like an open-air museum with its seventy tower houses. Actually, there are many villages with tower houses in the Mani, because once it was the traditional architectural style of the Mani. What makes Vathia unique, is the forest of tower houses. 

Halfway do not miss the Diros Caves. You will find all the historical details and other information on the website diros-caves.gr
 

Monemvasia is also known as Gibraltar of Greece. Visit the enchanting Byzantine fortress of the southeastern Peloponnese and become the hero of a fairy tale with a background of stone houses and narrow cobbled streets.
Near to ancient Sparta, Mystras served as the capital of the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea in the 14th and 15th centuries. 
The last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos, was crowned here, in the church of Agios Dimitrios (Saint Dimitrios).