Pylos is a well-known seaport in Messinia in the Peloponnese.. It covers about 130 square kilometers and accommodates about 6000 inhabitants..
We find here a pretty, small Greek town with a beautiful harbor area, nice cafes and tavernas and lively life before, which offers a welcome change to the beach holiday..

     

Under Italian occupation was the city of Navarino and became famous for the Battle of Navarino in the Greek War of Independence in 1827

The Battle of Navarino took place on 20 October 1827 and was the decisive event with which Greece gained its independence from the Ottoman Empire after a yearlong uprising..
For more historical data, provides the Internet

Another earlier meaning came from the Battle of Pylos, 425 BC..

Today´s main attraction for most holidaymakers is likely to be Voidokilia Bay , also named Ox Belly Bay due to its shape.. It is under nature conservation and the formerly tolerated free standing of mobile homes is no longer allowed, at least during the season..

     

Attractions

* Memorial to the Battle of Navarino
* Voidokilia Bay «the so-called ´Omega´»
* Agia Nicola, the mountain near Pylos with a small church and a panoramic view
* Fort «Neo-Kastro»
* Paliokastro «old fort» located north of the bay
* Ottoman aqueduct «at the southern entrance»
* Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary «fully restored and partially rebuilt in 1989»



 


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