Quattro Hotels Monemvasia
Monemvasia, Peloponnese, 27030, Greece
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Beautiful old village
... 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
... 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 ...
El peñón de Monemvasia, impresionante
... l, con sus casitas bajas, sus estrechas calles, sus escaleras empedradas, etc. Luego fuimos a ver la fortaleza, con nuestras super botas de trekking, asi pasó que en la primera parada en la iglesia de Agias Sophia ... Sara nos abandonó (las chanclas no son él mejor calzado para andar por él camino lleno de rocas) asi que se fue a ver el pueblecito mientras nosotras íbamos a ver la ciudadela y las demás ruinas. Pasada una hora nos ...
Monemvasia, on the mainland, Greece
... to sight-see into small shuttle boats. Quite an operation with strong winds and a reasonable sea.
When things calmed down later in the second day we set off to explore and it was well worth it. The town has been restored and was so charming with narrow cobbled lanes, a church round every other corner, and a cobbled zig zag walk up to the ruins of the "upper town".
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Episode 27
... just a well we had managed to avoid being struck on the head. Without the summer crowds it had been very eerie and quiet in the cave, just the sound of dripping water:
Right down the end of peninsula we came to Cape Tenaro and there saw a sign pointing to a small stone building with the name ‘sanctuary of the Death Oracle of Posidon of Tainarios’. A grand name for such a small place: We didn’t actually make it right to the tip of the cape, ...


