And now we enter the Mani. This the southernmost section of mainland Greece and of the Peloponnese. I don’t think there is a road wider than 2 lanes, most seem to be less and NONE is straight for more than 100 yards. Or so it seems. Remote is an understatement.
We entered south of Olympia and stayed in Kardamyli. This is a bit of a resort town, but quaint. The main drag has cute shops, there are a bunch of restaurants with outdoor seating and a few rocky beaches. One feature of the entire region is the war tower. Think about the Mosel and the Rhine with there being a castle on every turn guarding the area. Similar in concept they built them on nearly hill and town for the purposes of defense from pirates starting in the 6th century AD. Up in the hills are hidden villages ( we visit one out of Kardamyli photos to come) that are seriously lost in time and many of the homes are being bought for vacation homes by foreigners....
If you watched the weather there was an impressive thunderstorm our second afternoon which caused flooding all over Greece and evidently a tornado just north of us in Kalamata.
See photos of Kardamyli here! We did visit the war tower but I omitted the pic d/t dissatisfaction with the photo itself. For mild amusement zoom in on the sign for the cafe and see if you can spot the typos...
We entered south of Olympia and stayed in Kardamyli. This is a bit of a resort town, but quaint. The main drag has cute shops, there are a bunch of restaurants with outdoor seating and a few rocky beaches. One feature of the entire region is the war tower. Think about the Mosel and the Rhine with there being a castle on every turn guarding the area. Similar in concept they built them on nearly hill and town for the purposes of defense from pirates starting in the 6th century AD. Up in the hills are hidden villages ( we visit one out of Kardamyli photos to come) that are seriously lost in time and many of the homes are being bought for vacation homes by foreigners....
If you watched the weather there was an impressive thunderstorm our second afternoon which caused flooding all over Greece and evidently a tornado just north of us in Kalamata.
See photos of Kardamyli here! We did visit the war tower but I omitted the pic d/t dissatisfaction with the photo itself. For mild amusement zoom in on the sign for the cafe and see if you can spot the typos...
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