Aktaion Monemvasia

Monemvasia Monemvasia, Peloponnese, Greece

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Beautiful old village

A travel blog entry by v-nessa

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... inhabitants. You could also walk up to the top of the mountain, but we didn't. But we went to the shop of Fotini. She made us try honey wine, wedding sweets and other stuff.
After that we also went on the other side of the bridge to see the new town. It is nice as well and has a cute promenade. But there were no tourists and everything was closed.



In the afternoon we watched for the last time the riggers ...

Dyros caves and Monemvasia

A travel blog entry by mpl73

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... which is still very much alive (unlike Mystras). You need to leave your car outside, since there is only one narrow passage on the wall. This town was built as a refuge against pirates and other raiders. Lower town is very much alive and there are hotels, restaurants, shops and private houses. Upper town is nowadays ruined, but you can easily imagine how safe the place was. The rocks to upper ...

Episode 27

A travel blog entry by overlandlyn2010

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... a great many new very large houses here too, and most of them have a similar tower built as part of the house. All the houses are built of the local stone and they look really lovely. When my guide book was written the area was becoming depopulated leaving only a few older people in many villages but now it seems as if it has become quite fashionable with well off people judging by the size and layout of the houses recently built.

Heading back up the east ...

Touching the past

A travel blog entry by beadledove

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... onto very small streets. Luckily for us there was very little traffic and the Kia is pint sized. One dump truck made me find a turnout so it could pass, the biggest guy always wins in these contests. After fortifying our larder with cookies, breadsticks, cheese, juice, etc., we headed up the mountain.

The road wound up to the literal top of the mountain where this magnificent temple was erected by the "cult of Apollo". Apparently the ...

Monemvasia

A travel blog entry by canadianmom

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... Then we turned back. The town was alive again with lots of visitors and a Greek wedding taking place in the church at the square.

I looked in the guidebook for a restaurant recommendation and quickly came upon "To Kanoni" and asked if they had any tables on their terrace which they did. We were seated on the rooftop next to the square with views of the sea, the wedding party outside the church, and the rock we had just ...

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