Mani Region - Peloponnese, Greece

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Mani Region - Peloponnese, Greece

Mani, the southern end of Peloponnese, is morphologically inhospitable, psychologically obstinate, historically bellicose, mythological sinister.
Greek mythology tells that where the waters of the Ionian Sea meet the Aegean Sea, there were the gates of Ade, the underworld.

"A place too inaccessible and where fortunately there is too little to do in order to be seriously threatened by tourism.", a young and tireless English traveller in the fifties wrote about being so seduced by the place that he decided to put down roots there.

Pilgrimages by Patrick Leigh Fermor live in the pages of his refined and wise book (Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese, John Murray Publishers, 2004).
Late, but inexorably, and despite Patrick Leigh Fermor predictions, the people of Mani were the last Greeks who converted, to Christianity, and even to tourism.
However, precisely because of the recent development of the sector, it has gained widespread respect for the original stone architecture.

The beaches are rare and hidden. They are in particular to the north near Stoupa (Kalamitsi, Fone, Delfinia, Pantani, Katafigì) and the Southern tip to Marmari and Chief Tenero.

Picturesque villages to visit are Kastania, Acropolis, Vathi and Marmari.
There is a very interesting museum about this region in Gythion, the ancient port of Sparta, from which ships continue to leave for Kithira and Crete.

Mani, Peloponneso