Getting to Tourlida means three buses and a taxi, but once there it’s salt flats, traditional stilt houses, and a lagoon quiet enough to hear the birds before you see them. A look at Greece’s only Salt Museum, where to stay, eat and swim, and an early morning walk in search of flamingos.
Ermioni is a small harbour town on the eastern Peloponnese, often overlooked in favour of nearby islands like Hydra and Spetses. But this working town, set on a narrow peninsula with two contrasting harbours, offers something different — a slower pace, a sense of place, and easy access to both the mainland and the Saronic islands. After leaving Spetses, I spent two nights in Ermioni to see what lay beyond the obvious — and found far more than expected.
