If you stayed on holiday in Kalamate, the center of the Greek region of Messinia, then you can offer three main routes using which you can see all the most interesting and unusual than this terrain is famous.
Route 1: Kalamata - Cardamili
Messinia mani (or exterior mani) is an amazing corner of the Earth, the British traveler and the writer Patrick Lee Fermor, who spent the last years of his life here. The first stop - in Megali Mantinia, the traditional village, and then in the villages of Sodiyarnica and Charavi, where the majestic castle of the Kapenetanki commander is located. Before Cardamili, make a small hook to visit the villages on the slopes of the mountains, for example, asked with his homework houses, and then follow the road to the Skary village, famous for the whole country with his mason. In Kariovi, stop the snack in the tavern "Arachov", sit for one of the tables under two huge plays and taste juicy meat. The destination route - Cardamili, one of the most beautiful town of Greece. Walking through the old town with its traditional castles and the wonderful post-naisant church of St. Spiridon, you will experience the feeling that you wander around the museum. You will make the best choice if you go to have a snack in the tavern "Elas" located in the city quarter of the same name.
Route 2: Calamata Pilos Metoni-Koroni
Since the opening of the Costa Navarino hotel complex, the Western part of the Messinia began to develop rapidly: thanks to this, the region has taken a prominent place in the world tourist map. Make a small hook to visit an ancient Messini, one of the most significant cities of antiquity, which was not destroyed or buried under later settlements, as well as the Metamorphian Monastery Sotiros (Transfiguration of the Lord) - a male monastery, located in the nearest village of Petralon, one of the most important Monastery complexes of the region and one of the most beautiful on all peloponnese. From there by making a stop in the new city of Messini to buy a homemade noodle, Fuchanas and pasta at the Karkazuli plant, continue your journey to a Polymnio - a paradise with natural lakes, brown vegetation, waterfalls and ponds, ideal for diving. Then go to Pilos by taking a pre-stop in Ano Egniano to explore the Nestor's Palace - one of the most well-preserved palaces of the Mycenaean period. Plos - a beautiful town that crowns the castle. From its walls there is a magnificent view of the Ionian Sea, the Bay of Vodokalia, Lagun Yalova and the Navarino Bay. You can dine in the tavern "4 Epochles", which serves dishes from the freshest fish. Then the path lies through the metony and ends in the corona - two towns with equally majestic fortresses. In Koroni, at the same time, look at the bun Kespapa, which has been functioning since 1925 and has never changed its interior since then, and then we have lunch in the tavern "about Kangelirios" serving ear, seafood and delicious pasta with Omar.
Route 3: Kalamata - Artemisia
Before starting from Kalamata, the capitals of the Messinia Prefecture, look at the Byzantine churches of the Holy Apostles and burn the candle. This church is a symbol of the city. On March 23, 1821, the beginning of the Greek Revolution was proclaimed here. Keep the path to the north, following the parallel river in the near. You cross the impressive gorge and find yourself in the very center of the mountain range Taigaet, amaze to amaze the amazing mountain landscape and magnificent vegetation. Artemisia is one of the most beautiful mountain villages of the prefecture. It is worth doing a small stop here, stroll through her narrow streets and inspect two significant historical monuments: Pulapatis House, built in folk style, a typical sample of local architecture, and the construction of the monastery of St. John the Theologian in the vele, just 800 m. From the village. Interestingly, the traditional oil blocking of the family Dieka with the first hydraulic press in Greece, located in the beautiful area, on the Kututomili River (the influx of Netont). Whether the keys to the oil closure are in the Tavern "Teotokos", where, by the way, you can then taste local delicacies: stuffed sausages baked in the goat, pork with celery, a hare in the onion sauce, which are served on a spacious veranda, from where, exactly like on the movie screen, Viden Taigaet.
For fans of water procedures in the vicinity of Kalamata, there is also a lot of interesting things. One of the main beaches of the region - Rice. This is a wonderful beach with white pebbles and blue water. They swim here as numerous tourists and locals. The sea at the beach of Calogry, destroyed by tiny bars, is petty, white sand. Beach background with cliffs in the middle is ideal for diving. For lovers of a secluded rest, you can recommend a small and dringed Dolphiny Beach. Calamitsi's beaches surrounded by cypresses, Catalace Catalace, who amazed the amazing landscape with caves will also be interesting.
