Elies

Kardamyli

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Live out your image of quintessential Greece (dreamy sigh): tasteful provincial-style stone studios, apartments (sleep four) and maisonettes (sleep six), with stylish 'haven't-missed-a-beat' interiors, all nestled within an olive grove. Breakfast includes fresh fruit, bread and eggs. You can enjoy lunch at Elies' own taverna, before wandering a few metres across the road – plop! – into the sea.

It's situated 1km north of the village on Ritsa Beach. Rates are significantly less outside of high season.

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1. Old Town Kardamyli

0.62 MILES

Old Town Kardamyli consists of a fortified settlement with a handsome 18th-century church, plus restored tower, oil press and three-storey building. There…

2. Patrick Leigh Fermor House

1.41 MILES

Larger-than-life Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915–2011), a Hellenophile and marvellously engaging writer, lived just outside Kardamyli for much of his later…

3. Delfinia

2.69 MILES

This stretch of beach 3km north of Stoupa is rougher underfoot than the town beach or Kalogria, but sees smaller crowds in summer.

4. Kalogria

3.6 MILES

Pretty sandy beach north of the main beach in Stoupa. The water is beautiful and clear; sunbeds clog up the shore in summer.

5. Museum of Traditional Greek Costumes

11.8 MILES

Opened in 2017, this stunning museum features a remarkable collection of Greek costumes that was donated by Victoria Karelia. Far from moth-eaten old hand…

6. Military Museum

11.87 MILES

One for war buffs, this museum's displays depict Greek military history from the Turkish occupation to the Greek Resistance to Nazi occupation and 21st…

7. Church of Ypapantis

11.93 MILES

Kalamata's massive 19th-century cathedral is home to the icon after which the town takes its modern name. Pilgrims visit for its miracle-working icon of…

8. Archaeological Museum of Messenia

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