Γύθειο/Gytheio to Δρέπανο/Drepano
So, after our fourth time in Sparti, we finally hit the road north and travelled all the way up to the eastern part of the Peloponnese. We wanted to spend […]
Museum of the Olive and Olive Oil, Sparti
There’s no avoiding the importance of the olive in Greece. The trees are all around you, large and small, and it seems that every family has their own source of […]
Γύθειο / Gytheio, a tale of two halves
17th – 26th October 2020: After our short stop in Sparti, we were relieved to reach Gytheio, a gorgeous, rather small coastal town in the middle ‘finger’ of the Peloponnese. […]
Σπάρτη / Sparti, home of Spartans
The road from Kalamata to our next stop, Gytheio, took us through the town of Sparti. Well, you can’t just drive through a town like that, can you?! We didn’t […]
Καλαμάτα / Kalamata
On 16th October, we travelled south from Olympia to Kalamata, a trip of 121km. It’s a funny thing; you’d think three weeks in the Peloponnese would give you plenty of […]
The museums at Ancient Olympia
This is for those with an interest in seeing some of the incredible finds at the site of Ancient Olympia. Not everything here relates to the Olympic Games, not by […]
Ολυμπία/Ancient Olympia
After the trauma of last night’s midnight-dash through a huge storm in search of cover and higher ground, we decided not to take any chances and to treat ourselves to […]
Πάτρα/Patras, a pitstop tour
On the Peloponnese, hooray! Because of the forecast for storms, we only stayed for a few hours in Patras, as we wanted to travel further south by nightfall. Patras is […]
Crossing the Rio-Antirrio bridge
Next step: the Peloponnese, woohoo! It has long been a dream for us (Saul & Caitríona) to return to the Peloponnese where we went on our first holiday together in 1997 […]
Western Greece to Πελοπόννησος/the Peloponnese
Departing Lefkada was not the end of our driving for the day, however! In our desire to travel away from the eye of the coming storm, we headed south from […]