The Peloponnese is a tourist known region in the south of Greece and in the true sense a peninsula with famous archaeological sites from different eras.. Both culture and landscape lovers get their money´s worth.. The long, fine sandy west beaches are legendary, the east coast presents itself no less beautiful with rather rocky, but also gritty-sandy bays, the Mani in the south is wild romantic mountain land, while the north side along the Gulf of Patras and Corinth by densely populated foothills

The Peloponnese, whose name derives from King Pelops, is connected to the central Greek mainland by the (artificial) Channel of Corinth and the new bridge at Rio-Andirio..

The individual districts (prefectures) sin

Achaia capital Patras
* Argolis capital Nafplion
* Arcadia Capital of Tripoli, at the same time the administrative center of the Peloponnese
* Elis Capital of Pyrgos
* Corinthia Capital of Corinth
* Lakonia Capital of Sparta
* Messenia Capital of Kalamata


Archaeological sites

are certainly not in short supply in the Peloponnese.. An overview:

* Mycenae
* Pylos, Nestor Palace
* Olympia
* Epidaurus
* Tyrins
* Messene
* Mystras
* Methoni
* Altkorinth and Acrocorinth
* Monemvasia
* Nafplion and much more

Nature to be seen:

* Taygetos Mountains
* Caves of Pirgos Dirou
* Mani Peninsula in the South
* Oxbauchbucht near Pylos, nature reserve
* Louisos gorge near Dimitsana
* long fine sandy beaches on the west coast


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