Byzantinon Monemvasia

Old town Monemvasia, Peloponnese, 23070, 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 ...

Sturm

A travel blog entry by timon_richiger

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... so dass ich leider umkehren musste. Naja, ich moechte diesen 'vergeudeten' Tag nicht missen, da ich doch einiges vom Dorfleben mitbekam und zudem die griechische Kueche etwas besser kennenlernen durfte;-) Vor allem Moussaka, eine Art Lasagne, einfach nicht Nudeln, sondern Auberginen als Zwischenlage, und der grillierte Oktopus haben es mir angetan, und natuerlich darf der Ouzo auch nicht fehlen...
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Episode 27

A travel blog entry by overlandlyn2010

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... As the rain began to tumble down again we headed back to the car. Although it was very wet it was also quite mild, around 13°C.

There must be quite strict controls on development here because there is almost nothing built outside the old wall, and all the places inside appear to have been kept in the old style. There are still quite a few places in ruins, but nothing has been built that appear out of character with the place.

©Lynette Regan 17th December ...

Touching the past

A travel blog entry by beadledove

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... and start eyeing beachside resort pensions. But again, Barb, the patient one, said, "Let's drive out onto the point and see what the castle looks like." We are on this little road with the cliff on one side and the ocean on the other when we start having cars parked along the road, we come around the corner and the road ends with a gate in a castle wall. Way cool! So I park illegally (getting the hang of this Greek driving) and we wander in.
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