Peloponnese

June 3, 2021August 11, 2024 By Ali Karim

Peloponnese, Greece, June 2021

This post is part of a series called Greece 2021 We left Mykonos taking a flight back to Athens, where we rented a car at the airport and drove west, bypassing Athens, towards the Peloponnese peninsula. The Peloponnese is a peninsula located at the southern tip of the mainland, 21,500 sq kms in area, and…

June 7, 2021August 11, 2024 By Ali Karim

More Peloponnese, Greece, June 2021

This post is part of a series called Greece 2021 After Monemvasia, we drove westwards to the Mani region of the Peloponnese. Mani is a peninsula within Peloponnese peninsula, on the west side of Peloponnese. The locals are called Maniots and are descendants of the Spartans, whose military might was unmatched in Greece during 650BC…