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Escape to the Peloponnese, where Myth meets history. Monuments from every period of the eventful history, great archeological sites, such as ancient Olympia, Epidaurus, Mycenae and Tiryns (Tiryntha), the Temple of Apollo Epicurius, Byzantine churches, unique villages and alluring castles amidst stunning natural beauty, mountains and forest, rivers and caves, make this part of Greek land ideal for holidays, touring, sports and culture. Not to mention that the Peloponnese is surrounded by the Greek sea, with lovely beaches, sandy and smooth coasts on the west – rocky and lacy on the east.
The Museum's objective is to highlight the ineffable relation of the olive with the identity of our country
The Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil, in Sparta (Peloponnese), transports you to the culture
The Open Air Water-Power Museum, focusing on the main pre-industrial techniques .
The Open Air Water-Power Museum, highlights the importance of water-power in traditional society.
Visiting the petrified forest is an absolute must as there are not many of its kind around the world.
The coastal villages on the Malea Peninsula in southern Laconia, are best known for the awesome petrified stumps of a Palaeolithic forest, testament of a very distant past.
This impressive cavern, which was discovered in 1887 by French archaeologist Gustave Fougere
A complex system of swallow-holes on the lush Mantineia range has created a stunning cave in a spot called Kapsia
There are two types of springs: namely sodium chloride and sulphur (thermal and natural springs).
The springs of the area are well known ever since the 3rd century A.D., when historians mention an eruption of the volcano.