Gythio is small and can mostly be visited on foot but we decide to head over to Valtaki beach to visit the Dimitrios Shipwreck. It is just 5 kilometres North East of Gythio though along a main road. Because of this we walk to the square to pick up a taxi to take us there….
From Sparta the bus journey take about one and half hours to Gythio and it’s a really pleasant journey. The bus station at Gythio is just on the edge of the town and it’s about a 15 – 20 minute walk to our hotel. The distance isn’t far but typically the pavements have been built…
After an excellent breakfast at the Lakonia Hotel we head off to the site of Ancient Sparta just 10 minutes walk away. We pass the statue of Leonidio again and walk down a lane past a private school to the entrance of Ancient Sparta. The main gate is locked but upon further investigation we see…
There is so much to love about Elafonissos. A beautiful island but with wonderful people. We have loved our stay at Kalomoira. It was lovely coming in to see new treats left in our room every day – home baked biscuits and feta and mint muffins. I highly recommend this place to stay – very…
Anyone who knows anything about Elafonissos knows that it is famous for its spectacular Simos Beach. As a small island there isn’t any public transport but we are determined to walk the 6 kilometres to see it. The signpost at the port will tell you that it is 4 kilometres – but it definitely isn’t! …
Despite my horrendous experience on the road to the cave of Agia Sofia yesterday, I feel surprisingly optimistic about today’s adventures here on Kythira. I’d asked the staff at Manolis Taverna what the roads were like on the North side of the island and was told that they were pretty good. I felt sure that…
Today we leave for the island of Kythira. As we walk through the large doorway in the castle wall to exit Monemvasia rock, we see a cruise ship has docked nearby. Small boats were ferrying groups of people to the causeway. I thought it had felt very busy as we walked the cobbled streets. It…
Although we have spent Easter in Greece before, we know that the various regions and towns have their own traditions and their own programme of festivities. We know very little of what to expect in Monemvasia apart from the church service on Good Friday and the procession of the epitaphios – though the timings we…
Monemvasia has been on my bucket list for a few years but until now I haven’t made a concerted effort to get there. It is fair to say that the best way to get around the Peloponnese is by car – and this is from an ardent public transport user when in Greece. The whole…
It has taken a long time for me to pick up from where I left off writing up about this trip. There are several reasons for that. I had travelled to Athens and then on to Patras with my daughter as we had just been accepted as volunteers – myself with FoodKind and my daughter…
The presence of the smugglers was even more apparent in the little factory, an old abandoned carpet manufacturing plant that seems to have been frozen in time. Lengths of carpet still hung suspended from the looms. It had the advantage of a rigged-up power supply ideal for charging phones, and it also had some semblance…
We are up early today and have decided to walk to Faros which sits on the Western tip of Poros. It’s a really nice walk – the spring temperatures are just perfect in the morning. We grab some pastries for breakfast and head off along the coastal road. We pass both Love Bay and Russian…
