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Peloponnese

Things to see in Peloponnese

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

A long, rectangular ancient running track (stadion) with a sandy surface, stone starting blocks, and grassy surroundings under a blue sky.

Olympia · Ancient Ruins

Ancient Stadium

Walking through a short vaulted tunnel from the sanctuary of Olympia, visitors emerge onto the very track on which the a...
Walls and bastions of the Palamidi Fortress on its hilltop above Nafplio

Nafplio · Castles

Palamidi Fortress

18th-century Venetian fortress in Nafplio
A small, rustic stone church with a bell tower and cross, situated in a paved courtyard surrounded by trees under a blue sky.

Kalamata · Historic Sites & Ruins

Agios Nikolaos Church

Agios Nikolaos, or Saint Nicholas, is one of the most widely honoured saints in the Orthodox world, and churches dedicat...
A narrow, cobblestone alleyway in a historic stone village with two people walking away, featuring a wooden sign on the right wall.

Monemvasia · Urban & Local Life

Local Tavernas in Lower Town

Monemvasia is a medieval walled town, founded in Byzantine times, clinging to a rock island just off the coast of Laconi...
A museum interior displaying ancient Greek marble sculptures, including a standing female figure (Hera), a kneeling figure, and a large fragment of a quadriga (four-horse chariot) supported by metal stands.

Olympia · Historic Sites & Ruins

Archaeological Museum of Olympia

The Archaeological Museum of Olympia stands near the entrance to the ancient site, in the western Peloponnese, and it ho...
A yellow neoclassical building with brown shutters, white corner quoins, and a Greek flag, identified by the filename as the Benakeio Archaeological Museum of Kalamata.

Kalamata · Archaeological Museums

Kalamata Archaeological Museum

The Archaeological Museum of Kalamata occupies a nineteenth-century building in the old part of the city, close to the m...
A narrow, cobblestone alleyway in a historic stone village with tourists walking away from the camera and a wooden sign on the right wall.

Monemvasia · Churches

Lower Town (Kato Poli)

Monemvasia is a rock island joined to the Peloponnese by a causeway, and its walled medieval town is among the best-pres...
A close-up view of a stone arcade with a reinforced pillar featuring metal straps, leading to an arched doorway with a blue door and an informational sign.

Nafplio · Archaeological Museums

Archaeological Museum of Nafplio

The Archaeological Museum of Nafplio stands on Syntagma Square, the main square of the old town, in a large three-storey...
Ancient stone ruins consisting of a low foundation wall and several standing columns set within a grassy field bordered by trees under a cloudy sky.

Olympia · Archaeological Sites

Pelopion

The Pelopion is the sacred enclosure of Pelops in the sanctuary of Olympia, in the western Peloponnese of Greece, and it...
Pebble beach of Kalamata with the Taygetos mountains beyond

Kalamata · Beaches

Kalamata Beach

Kalamata is best known for its olives, but Kalamata Beach shows that the city also lies on the sea, and its long urban b...
A stone archway with brick voussoirs leading through a cobblestone path, featuring a small white sign on the left wall with Greek text and English translation "PALACE ENTRANCE" and "MONEMVASIA GATE".

Monemvasia · Local History Museums

Monemvasia Folklore Museum

Not every museum in the Monemvasia area stands beside the famous rock. The Monemvasia Folklore Museum belongs to the vil...
Philippeion - Olympia - 2

Olympia · Ancient Ruins

Philippeion

Philipppeion