Messinia’s wild beauty, ancient ruins, and emerald waters are so epic that Christopher Nolan chose them for The Odyssey!
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Beaches🐚
Sightseeing
Food
Towns/Villages to visit or stay
Beaches🐚
Messinia has great beaches with amazing landscape overall - combine beaches with forest views and few small and isolated islands here and there. There are options for everyone - people who enjoy beach clubs or for those who want peaceful and isolated...
You can surf here too!🏄♀️
Lagouvardos Beach
IMO the best beach in the area. Huge shore, there are few beach bars, recommended to go with your own equipment
Hrysi Akti (Divari) Beach
#1 place to visit - no explanation needed. Tip #1: To avoid crowd, it's worthy to walk a few meters to the center of the beach and not sit by the entrance area. Tip #2. You will need equipment and food/drinks as there are no beach bars nearby.
Voidokilia Beach
Locals' recommendation
Lampes Beach
You can visit the village of Finikounta after
Paralia Finikounta
Amazing views!
Methoni beach
Island next to Methoni - 15' by boat, boat every 1 hour. No beach bar - be prepared!
Sapienza Island
Only few steps from Kalamata's city center
Paralia Kalamatas
100% worth the visit, stunning landscape and amazing waters
Foneas (Killer) Beach and its scary name
Great village too with a lot of options for food (and few for great ice cream!)
Stoupa beach
Sightseeing
The archeological site is the best preserved Mycenaean Greek palace discovered.
Palace Of Nestor - Pylos
The Old Navarino castle or Palaiokastro (Παλαιόκαστρο) is a 13th-century Frankish fortress near Pylos, Greece. It is one of two castles guarding the bay on which it sits; the other is the Ottoman-built New Navarino.
The castle of Methoni occupies the whole area of the cape and the southwestern coast to the small islet that has also been fortified with an octagonal tower and is protected by the sea on its three sides.
Methoni Castle
Natura 2000 along with Voidokoilia beach
The Gialova lagoon
Food
In the central square of Pylos, good choice for coffee, drinks, food or sweet options
Platanos Cafè
You will see this brand in majority of nearby cities and villages - worth a visit, choose the dough filled with Philadelphia cheese
