Peloponnese
The Peloponnese is the stuff of legends. Literally. It is here that Hercules fought the Nemean lion and gods walked the earth, meddling in mortal affairs; it's from here that Paris of Troy eloped with Helen and the Argonauts set sail in search of the Golden Fleece. Celestial and mythological charms aside, this region bears tangible traces of the many civilisations that once called it home, witnessed in its classical temples, Mycenaean palaces, Byzantine cities, and Ottoman, Frankish and Venetian fortresses.
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- Attraction in GreeceAncient Mycenae
- Attraction in GreeceMystras
- Attraction in GreeceAncient Olympia
- Attraction in GreeceAncient Messini
- Attraction in GreeceAncient Nemea
- Attraction in GreeceAncient Sparta
- Attraction in GreeceArchaeological Museum
- Attraction in NafplioArchaeological Museum
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Peloponnese and beyond
- destinationMessinia
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destinationThe Mani - destinationNafplio
- destinationMonemvasia
- destinationKalamata
