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Peloponnese

Things to see in Peloponnese

32 sights, museums, parks and places worth the stop.

The image shows ancient stone ruins, including a reconstructed Doric column on a base, low stone walls, and a paved path, set within a grassy landscape with trees and a hillside in the background.

Olympia ยท Historic Sites & Ruins

Olympia Archaeological Site

The Archaeological Site of Olympia, in the western Peloponnese, is where the ancient Olympic Games were held from the ei...
Three standing ancient stone columns in the foreground of an archaeological excavation site with ruins and a hillside village in the background.

Kalamata ยท Historic Sites & Ruins

Archaeological Site of Ancient Messene

The Archaeological Site of Ancient Messene lies on the slopes of Mount Ithome, about twenty-five kilometres northwest of...
AI-generated illustration of Chora Castle (Kastro)

Monemvasia ยท Historic Sites & Ruins

Chora Castle (Kastro)

Monemvasia is a rock rather than an island in the strict sense. It was split from the mainland by an earthquake in the f...
AI-generated illustration of Foloi Oak

Foloi ยท Natural Landscapes

Foloi Oak

The Foloi Oak Forest is not on Paros at all. It lies in the Peloponnese, in the mountainous inland of the region of Ilia...
A view from the battlements of a stone fortress looking up a steep, rocky hill towards a larger fortification structure at the summit.

Nafplio ยท Fortifications

Akronafplia Fortress

Akronafplia Fortress is the oldest fortified hill of Nafplio, a rocky headland on the northern side of the old town that...
Three standing Doric columns with distinctive convex echinus capitals and a background of olive trees and ruins at an archaeological site.

Olympia ยท Historic Sites & Ruins

Temple of Hera (Heraion)

Among the ruins of the sanctuary at Olympia, the Temple of Hera, or Heraion, is the oldest major building, and the one t...
AI-generated illustration of Castle of Monemvasia (Upper Town Churches)

Monemvasia ยท Historic Sites & Ruins

Castle of Monemvasia (Upper Town Churches)

The Castle of Monemvasia sits on a huge rock of limestone that rises from the sea off the southeastern coast of the Pelo...
The image shows a bronze figurine of a horse with a serpent-like tail on a pedestal inside a museum, with a marble statue visible in the background.

Kalamata ยท Museums

Kalamata Olive Tree Museum

No product is more closely tied to Kalamata than the olive, and the city's olive museum approaches the tree as a subject...
A paved stone coastal promenade running alongside a rocky cliff face with a cactus plant, overlooking the sea under a clear blue sky.

Nafplio ยท Promenades

Arvanitia Promenade

Nafplio is a town you normally explore uphill, through stairways and squares, but the Arvanitia Promenade runs the other...
A wooden directional signpost with Greek text "ฮ‘ฮณ. ฮ™ฯƒฮฏฮดฯ‰ฯฮฟฯ‚" and English text "St. Isidoros" indicating a distance of 400m, set against a dry, scrubby landscape.

Olympia ยท Religious Heritage

Agios Isidoros Church

Agios Isidoros Church is a small Greek Orthodox church in the countryside of the Olympia area in the western Peloponnese...
The interior of a ruined stone church featuring a brick-vaulted ceiling, an iconostasis with religious icons, and rough masonry walls.

Kalamata ยท Castles

Koroni Castle

On a rocky promontory at the southwest tip of the Peloponnese, above the Messenian Gulf, the walls of Koroni Castle encl...
Aerial view of the Monemvasia rock with its fortified upper town

Monemvasia ยท Historic Sites & Ruins

Castle Viewpoint (Kastro Terrace)

At the top of the great rock of Monemvasia, a plateau of ruins and terraces overlooks the whole island, the walled town...