Private Tours from Athens Greece to the Peloponnese
THE STUNNING SOUTHERN MAINLAND OF GREECE
(1) Greece is made up of thousands of islands: You’ve probably heard of Santorini, Mykonos, and Crete… However, did you know that Greece is comprised of thousands of beautiful, yet more authentic, islands?
シ Just to name one: Hydra Island right in front of Athens! It is estimated that Greece is home to up to 6,000 islands and islets, with only around 200 of them being inhabited.
(2) Greece has 18 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
[Delphi]
(3) 80% of Greece is made up of mountains. There are over 20 ski resorts on the mainland part of Greece.
[Peloponnese]
(4) No part of Greece is more than 137 kilometres away from the ocean (Aegean or Ionian Sea).
[Itea & Galaxidi coastline towns from Delphi]
(5) The capital of Greece is named after the goddess Athena. The name of the city is Athina, not Athens (the Goddess of wisdom and warfare).
(6) Greece is the fifth largest producer of olives: The country has over 120 million olive trees and produces 1.2 million metric tons of olive oil every year. That makes it the fifth largest producer of olive oil in the world, after Spain, Italy, Morocco, and Turkey, AND may be the number one producer if you take into account the much smaller size of the country compared to the other four.
(7) It’s one of the sunniest places in the whole world [250 sunny days – or 3,000 hours of sunshine – each year]
(8) There are more archaeological museums in Greece than in any other country [more than 110 archaeological museums]
[Ancient Olympia]
(9) Greek is one of the oldest languages still in use
[Eudaimonia]
(10) Food is the number one attraction for revisiting people who are … foodies!
[Tzatziki]
Historically this region is limitless with remarkable archaeological sites
☼ Ancient Corinth, Mycenae and Epidaurus Theater
☼ Olympia (the birthplace of the Olympic Games)
☼ Messene and the temple of Epikourios Apollo at Bassae
☼ Nemea (the Greek “Napa Valley”)
☼ Nafplio with its 999 steps of the Palamidi Venetian fortress
☼ Sparta and Mystras
☼ Monemvasia Castletown
☼ Monemvasia Castle Town
☼ The Castles of Methoni and Koroni
☼ Navarino Bay (Pylos) with the Niokastro (castle) and Nestor’s Palace
☼ Kardamili & the House of Patrick and Joan Leigh Fermor (Benaki Museum)
☼ The historic Mani peninsula with Areopolis town and the numerous fishing villages
☼ Limeni, Oitilo, Gerolimenas, Vatheia, Cape Tainaron, all in the Mani
The Peloponnese history spans centuries through the Homeric Bronze Age, the Classical and Hellenistic eras, Roman occupation, Byzantine rule and the Ottoman invasions.
