Kalamata, the city at the Messenian Gulf in the Peloponnese, famous for its olive export, is the starting point of our trip.
The city got badly damaged by an earthquake in 1986 as they frequently appear in this region. Today the destructions have been widely remediated. Winding roads lead up the mountain slopes of the Taygetus Mountains. In the Machalas valley we can see some of the devastation caused by a forest fire.
In 2007 the country suffered heavily from the rapidly spreading fire, fanned by the wind.
Houses and orchards were destroyed but worse – many people and animals lost their lives.
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More InformationOn a winding wildly romantic road with overhanging rocks and tunnels, we drive through the Taygetos Mountains, before we reach Mystras.
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Liked your post because it is quite different travel blog (everyone seems to share information about each location they travel but yours is about natural disaster!! next time you should visit Monemvasia if you haven’t already – it’s a very beautiful old island and linked to the mainland by a short causeway 200m in length
Thank you very much.
You are right, Monemvasia is a great place to go. Feel free to have a look https://blog.myvideomedia.com/monemvasia/