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The town sits as if wedged into the base of its fortress, its lower districts reaching as far as the sandy shore lapped by the Ionian Sea.

Round about the castle is a plain planted with olive trees and grapevines. The sea opens into an infinite expanse of azure.They say that the view of the sunset from the castle is one of the most splendid in the world.

Everything here is imbued with history and a fascinating light. Everywhere you look see ancient, Byzantine and Frankish monuments. Peristera is a place a little beyond the village of Raches (5 km. from Kiparissia), where three beehive tombs have been excavated.

Filiatra is not far off.
The whole district is dotted with churches, Byzantine and Frankish, of a venerable age. Gargaliani sits on a lush hillside. It's worth going up to the town to see the view below: a magical carpet of olive trees and vines that stretches to the sea with Marathoupoli and the islet of Proti, the site of a ruined Mycenaean acropolis, in the background.

Hora is built on a hilltop.
This village has preserved its old-fashioned appearance -- stone houses with tiled roofs and narrow lanes.
The finds from Nestor's palace and Peristera are on display in the local museum. South of Hora, 4 km. from Englianos, lays the ruined palace of wise Nestor, who took part in the Trojan War and whose city was the second largest in the Mycenaean world.

Built in the 13th century BC, the palace was destroyed by fire a century later.
Excavations have revealed the remains of a luxurious, two-store central building and two other auxiliary buildings.

The buildings were divided into formal apartments, storage areas for wine and oil, tool sheds and workshops.

The central apartments -- the throne room with its stuccoes-clay ceremonial hearth and the queen's quarters -- were richly decorated with frescoes.

In the palace archaeologists discovered thousands of clay pots, a bathroom with terracotta bathtub and 1.250 clay tablets with inscriptions in Linear B, which have since been deciphered. Several beehive tombs have been excavated in the area surrounding the palace. From Hora to Pilos the countryside is laid out with row upon row of olive trees, those benevolent trees protected by Athena.

Pilos is a pretty little town built up a hill on the south coast of the bay of Navarino. Snow-white two-store houses with courtyards drenched in flowers. The arcaded streets make you think you've been transported to an island.

The main square ringed with pastry shops is sheltered by humongous, centuries-old plane trees.
The TurkoVenetian fortress, known as Neokastro, dominates the west side of town. One of the most attractive in the Peloponnese, it is called that to distinguish it from the ancient fortress to the southwest, named Paliokastro or Palionavarino.

The bay of Voidokilia extends from the base of the old castle.
A tranquil, carefree sanctuary, the floor of the bay is covered with a thick layer of sand. The southernmost tip of the west coast of the Peloponnese lies Methoni. In the town are some enormous Venetian wells whose marble rims are furrowed by the pressure of huge ropes over the centuries.

Homer called Methoni "rich in vines" and tradition maintains that the town is so called because the donkeys (onoi) carrying its wine used to get drunk (methoun), from the heady aroma. You enter the castle by crossing a massive bridge, impressed by the gigantic walls, imposing bastions and monumental gates.

To the south another bridge unites the citadel with the Bourtzi, a fortified islet with casemates and towers.
But there's much more to see in Messinia.

Finikounda is a picturesque fishing village at the back of a bay. Caiques and fishing boats are drawn up all along its sandy shore, while its taverns serve their fresh catch to little tables at the water's edge.

The road winds like a vast serpent slowly amidst lush fields to arrive at Koroni. Its medieval atmosphere is imprinted in its old mansions, its churches and its castle. Still, diaphanous water, sandy beaches and opposite the little island of Venetiko with its enchanting beach.

From its hilltop site the Venetian citadel crowns the town. A proper eagle's nest, with thick walls and massive gates, it cuts a powerful and magnificent figure. Below the fortress in a little palm grove is a small building housing Koroni's collection of historical and archaeological artifacts. The beauty of the area, unchecked, unbroken, is a constant surprise.

Petalidi juts out from the head of a little bay. The sandy or pebbly beaches round about are shallow and sheltered from the wind. And surrounded by banana trees. What would you remember first about this place? Here, there, everywhere are souvenirs and expensive gifts.


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