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Getting There & Away
Buses will drop you in the central square outside the Church of Agios Dimitrios, one
block back from the harbour. There are five buses daily to Kalamata (€5, 1½ hours) and
one to Athens (€27.20). Tickets can be bought from the barber shop, near the main
square.
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MethoniΜεθώνη
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Methoni (meh- tho -nih), 12km south of Pylos, was another of the seven cities offered to
Achilles by Agamemnon. Homer described it as 'rich in vines'. Today it's a pretty sea-
side town with a popular beach, next to which crouches a sturdy 15th-century Venetian
fortress.
Sights
Fortress FORT
( 8am-3pm) This splendid kastro , a great example of military architecture, is
vast and romantic. Within the walls are a Turkish bath, a cathedral, a house, a cistern,
parapets and underground passages.
The vast fortification is built on a promontory south of the modern town and is sur-
rounded on three sides by the sea and separated from the mainland by a moat. The medi-
eval port town, which was located within the fortress walls, was the Venetians' first, and
their longest-held possession, in the Peloponnese. It was also a stopover for pilgrims en
route to the Holy Land. During medieval times the twin fortresses of Methoni and
Koroni were known as 'the Eyes of the Serene Republic'.
A short causeway leads from the fortress to the diminutive octagonal Bourtzi fortress
on an adjacent islet.
Sleeping & Eating
Apartments Melina APARTMENT $$$
 
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