Ardamis Hotel Monemvasia
Castle of Monemvasia Monemvasia, Peloponnese, 23070, Greece
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Beautiful old village
This morning we anchored in Monemvasia. Never heard of it before? Me neither. But I am telling you it is worth seeing!
We had to take the tender boat to get on land. While we were planning on walking to the right towards the new town, 2 other passengers suggested we walk to the left towards the old town. It is only about 10 minutes walk, slightly uphill. Not really what I like best. So when I saw a car coming from behind I decided ...
Dyros caves and Monemvasia
We drove through the Kalamata region, which is famous of its olives. Original plan was to visit Mystras site near Sparta, but roads were so slow that we decided to skip it. Olive forests are rather rocky in the area and you might see some spectacle views.
Our first stop was in Dyros caves, which is stalactite cave. We have never visited any such cave and water makes the view even ...
Sturm
... aber eher Pech nennen. Denn eigentlich wollte ich gleich am naechsten Morgen um 8 Uhr die Faehre nach Kythira nehmen. Aber bereits als ich aufwachte merkte ich, dass es ziemlich stuermt und regnet. Nach einer ersten Verschiebung auf 12 Uhr, wurde dann die Faehrreise ganz abgesagt... Das hiess also, dass ich bei schlechtem Wetter in einem kleinen, sehr verschlafenen Fischerdorf 'gefangen' ...
Episode 27
... all of whom have left their mark upon the place. Most of what we now see dates from the 2nd Venetian occupation that ended in 1715: The houses are mainly built of stone with terra-cotta tile roofs which is probably just as well because if fire breaks out here only small fire fighting equipment can be used against it.
The place was practically deserted when we walked around. We didn’t see another soul until after we had returned from our climb up to ...
Touching the past
... to Kalamatos for lunch. Being a major port town, it had all of the services we needed. Good food, beer, internet, ATMs, etc. A relaxing two hour lunch break prepared me for the next mountain drive to Sparta. Sparta is the site of another monument, and Demetrios warned that it was a steep hard climb to reach it. At 1530 we decided it was too late in the day for a major hike, so we passed on Sparta and headed on to Momenvisa to stay for the ...



