Tourist Guide

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Anemomilos beach

• For Anemomilos beach look south of Kotroni villas. It is right in front of you and is a natural continuation of Mavrovouni beach. It is only 500 meters from our lodgings and is the most famous beach in the area. It is essentially a part of the huge beach that stretches over 3 km and you can still find it under the name Mavrovouni, Thines and Salandi.
• It boasts velvety white sand and crystal clear waters and is awarded a blue flag. It is ideal for families as it deepens smoothly.

Mavrovouni beach

• For Mavrovouni beach look south of Kotroni villas. It is right in front of you and is a natural continuation of Anemomilos beach. It is only 500 meters from our lodgings and is the most famous beach in the area. It is essentially a part of the huge beach that stretches over 3 kilometers and you can still find it by the name of Anemomilos, Thines and Salandi.
• It boasts velvety white sand and crystal clear waters and is awarded a blue flag. It is ideal for families as it deepens smoothly.

Koumpares beach

• Leaving Kotroni villas and going to Methoni, we meet the isolated beach of Koumbares, about 2 km away. Peaceful pebble waters. Reminds George Seferis’ poetry (sto perigiali to krifo...)

Lampes beach

• Going towards Methoni, after passing Koumbares beach, we find the beach of Lampes. It is an organized destination, where the visitor, beyond his bath, can enjoy his food and coffee. There are deck chairs on much of the beach but also free space for those wishing to set up their own umbrella.
• The beach has fine sand and shallow water, suitable for young children

Methoni beach

• On the opposite side of the historic castle of Methoni stretches a beautiful sandy beach with shallow waters that adorn picturesque taverns on the sea and scattered sailing boats.

Finikounta beach

• Thin clear waters, fine sand on the beach and in the sea. Along many cafes and taverns with sun loungers and a place to put your own umbrella or towel. The evenings are magnificent.

Loutsa beach

• The beach of Loutsa consists of sand and large pebbles. The same is the bottom. The beach has been awarded for its cleanliness with a blue flag. It is also a meeting place for many amateur fishermen from Greece and abroad.

Kantouni beach

• Kantouni beach is located east of Loutsa. It is among the solitary beaches of the area, with difficult access. It is a small cove, with sand, in a beautiful area, surrounded by rocks that literally hang on its sides.

Marathi beach

• These are two beaches, the small and the big Marathi. They are really beautiful and distant as needed from prying eyes. Away from the bustling shores, they offer quiet and relaxing moments under the summer sun. 

Divari beach

• The Divari beach or Golden beach of Pylos is the end of a Natura area in the bay of Navarino. The waters are clear and shallow. Many young people go to the beach bar there. Worth a bath! At the back of the beach is the Gialova lagoon area, an important wetland.

Voidokilia beach

• Voidokilia beach is located a few kilometers north of the beautiful Pylos. It is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful beaches of Greece that impresses with its shape as the capital Omega (Ω), the golden sand and its blue-green waters.

Ancient Messini

• One of the most important archaeological sites in Greece, ancient Messini established by Theban general Epaminondas and his allies from Argos in 369 BC. The city, built according to the Hippodamian system, flourished during the Macedonian and Roman times as the capital of the Messinian state. It is located 30 kilometers northwest of Kalamata.

Nestor palace

• The most well-preserved Mycenaean Palace in Greece is located in the area of Pylia and is the Palace of Nestor, the famous king of Pylos. It is located 17 km north of Pylos, on the hill of Ano Englianos. It was built in the 13th century BC. by King Nestor, who is often mentioned by Homer in his epics, and is located in the area where Ancient Pylos was located.

Methoni castle

• The castle of Methoni - essentially a castle-city - is one of the most important and most beautiful in Greece. It was built by the Venetians when they became masters of the city in 1209. It is built in a strategic position, on a rock that penetrates the sea and is separated from the land by an artificial moat.

Pylos castle

• The fortress of Pylos (Niokastro or Navarino) was built by the Ottoman Turks in 1573 after their defeat in the naval battle of Nafpaktos to protect the southern entrance of Navarino Bay and to control the commercial sea road from East to West and vice versa .
• In 1686-1715 it was under Venetian occupation and in 1770 it was occupied by the Orlov brothers. In 1821, the Greeks captured Niokastro and preserved it until 1825, when, after strong resistance, it was handed over to Ibrahim.
• In Navarino Bay, in October 1827, the fleet of Great Allied Powers of the time (England, France and Russia) marred and defeated Ibrahim in order to force him to stop pillaging in Morea. The naval battle of Navarino also marked the end of the Greek Revolution of 1821.

Koroni castle

• Venetian castle and well-known castle town on the southwestern tip of the Peloponnese that existed since the 7th century AD. century and was rebuilt and expanded by the Venetians in the 13th century. In the following centuries the city flourished, but it has always been the pinnacle of contention between the Venetians and the Turks

Gialova lagoon (wetland)

• The Gialova lagoon is a wildlife sanctuary, particularly migratory birds, making their first stop here traveling from Africa to northern Europe. Numerous mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish have here their habitat, most notably the African chameleon, which is an endangered species.

Pylos

• The beautiful Pylos is a small town on the western coast of the prefecture of Messinia and is built on the bay of Navarino (or Gulf of Pylos), across from the island of Sfaktiria. It is amphitheatrically built at the south opening of Navarino's bay. In the central square, next to the perennial plane trees, dominates the monument of the three Admirals who took part in the historic naval battle.
• The well-known naval battle of Navarino between the allied and Turkish-Egyptian fleet, which was held on October 20, 1827, was a historic victory that decisively contributed to the liberation of Greece from the Turkish yoke.

Sfaktiria

• Sfaktiria is a small rocky island with a long history. With its length, it is a great natural breakwater protecting the port of Pylos, one of the largest natural harbors in the Peloponnese. There, historical battles took place and brave people of antiquity and modern history were found dead. In antiquity it was a base because it was strategically positioned and protected the western side of the harbor ...
• Sfaktiria is oblong and has a wide surface. Between the rocks there is a large gallery known as Tripιto. According to tradition, if a pregnant woman passes through the gallery then she will have a boy ....

Paleokastro

• Paleokastro was built by the Franks in the 13th century (additions were also made by the Venetians and Turks) at the site of ancient Koryfasio, the ancient seat of Pylos.
• It is situated on the tall rock above the cave of Nestor and overlooks the Voidokilia and the Pass of Sykia that separates it from Sfaktiria.
• The high point built in the castle has a unique view of Pylos, but also of the entire Gialova lagoon and the bay of Navarino.
• The altitude and location of Palaiokastro gave it strategic importance, making it a high priority destination for many nations. Genoese, Venetians, Franks and Turks passed from here

St. Basil’s byzantine temple

• Two kilometers north of Methoni, on the way to Pylos, is the Byzantine church of St. Basil.
• It is a cruciform inscribed temple belonging to the so-called transitional form, ie the combination of the free cross with the three-aisled basilica with dome.
• The temple is made of raw stones and has a toothed decorative strip in the niches of the tripartite sanctuary. The windows that are opened are small and rectangular and the dome is high and cylindrical, while the bell tower is a newer addition.
• Its construction dates back to the 10th or 11th century. 

St. Onoufrios catacombs

• The oldest Christian cemetery ever found in Messinia. It is located on the second km of Methoni-Pylos road, on the left side of Agios Athanasios.
• After a short hike to the top of the low hill, in a shallow cave, you will see burial openings carved on the rocky floor, hagiographies on the walls, carved in the soft rock cisterns and arched rooms inhabited by hermits from the 5th century

Sapienza

• This small islet is opposite Methoni and beautiful Bourtzi. It is a protected area that has one of the most rare coumarin forests, a rare species of wild sheep (muflone), kri-kri and an unusual plateau at its center, formed thousands of years ago, where nothing grows and is formed by pollen deposition !
• In the southern part of the island, the Lighthouse of Sapientza, a giant here in loneliness, built of stone in 1885, illuminates the seas from its height of 18 meters. Right in front of it is the famous Greek islet in heart shape.

Cape Akritas

• The southernmost point of Messinia. Across the way is the Venetiko island, which together with Sapientza, Schiza, Amariani (Agia Marina) and the rocky islets Two Brothers, Boba and Egg are the Messinian Oinousses.
• A short distance from Cape Akritas lies the deepest point of the Mediterranean (the Oinousses shaft), an underwater trench with a depth of 5,267 meters.

Polylimnio

• A small green paradise, scattered by ponds, streams and waterfalls.
• The beautiful location, well hidden for many years, just recently became more widely known and began to accept the visits of those who love the paths in nature