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Cape Tainaron lighthouse

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The GuardianOct 17

A Greece for all seasons: my autumn roadtrip through the Peloponnese

An out-of-season journey through the peninsula reveals Byzantine villages, deserted beaches and friendly tavernas As I drove across the causeway which links the tiny fortress island of Monemvasia to the south-eastern coast of the Peloponnese, the Aegean sparkling on all sides, I recalled a line by Yiannis Ritsos, one of Greece’s greatest 20th-century poets. Ritsos lived in Monemvasia, in a hous…

lighthouse at mainland Greece's southernmost point

13 things in this story
  • Cape Tainaron lighthouseSightlighthouse at mainland Greece's southernmost point
  • Akroyiali hotelHotelbuilt on Gerolimenas's shore
  • Elsewhere
  • MystrasSightSparta, Greecearchaeological Byzantine site stacked up its hillside
  • Yiannis RitsosPlaceMonemvasia, Greecepoet who lived in Monemvasia
  • Taygetus passTrailSparta, Greecewinding road through villages and cliffside tunnels
  • Paleologian PalaceSightSparta, Greecepalace within the Mystras archaeological site
  • Taverna OresRestaurantParori, Greeceserving syglino and an okra stew
  • KeliaHotelMonemvasia, Greeceguesthouse that began as a monks' residence
  • Simos beachSightElafonisos, Greecebeach with turquoise waters
  • Kaiti BraimiPlaceKardamyli, Greecewoman who sings miralogia
  • Palace of NestorSightPylos, Greecebronze age palace north of Pylos
  • Polylimnio waterfallsSightPylos, Greecewaterfalls with clear pools surrounded by pines
  • TsapiSightPylos, Greecebeach where mountains tumble into the sea
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