Missolonghi (Mesolongi – Μεσολόγγι) on the northern shore of the Gulf of Patras in western Greece was originally founded on three islands within a lagoon, which silted up over the centuries. For more than two centuries, the town was under Venetian rule before the Ottomans took it over. At the outbreak of the Greek revolution […]
West Greece
Chlemoutsi – a medieval castle in Greece
The medieval castle Chlemoutsi, also called Castel Tornese, is located in the northwest of the Peloponnese, 80 km southwest of Patras. The castle stands on a 250 m high hilltop, watching over the peninsula Kyllini and the Ionian Sea. It was built by French knights of the Fourth Crusade in the 12th Century, during the […]
Loutra Killinis – Peloponnese – Greece
Loutra Killinis (Loutra Kyllini) lies in the northwest of the Peloponnese not far from the national highway Patras-Pirgos Olympia, 24 miles northwestern of Pirgos, in the prefecture of Eli (Ilia). Here, holidaymakers find one of the most beautiful beaches of Greece, the Golden Beach. We allow ourselves half a day in the sun. On the […]
Patras the largest city on the Peloponnese
Patras is the third largest city in Greece and the largest city on the Peloponnese. Patras is a major port and a center of trade and commerce. Even from a distance one can see the Rio–Antirrio bridge crossing the Gulf of Corinth. It connects the town of Rio near Patras on the Peloponnese with the mainland […]
Olympia – the venue of the first Olympic Games
Olympia is located in the northwest of the Peloponnese. Olympia is known as the venue of the first Olympic Games which took place here from the 7th Century BC up to the 5th Century AD. The sanctuary and the oracle are less known. The sanctuary was founded on the remains of the tumulus which was […]