EXCURSION to MONEMVASIA, MANI, ELAFONISOS - May 27 until May 29, 2022

The CULTURAL SOCIETY LONGOS "LORD BYRON" organized in cooperation with MATTHEOS-TOURS - Aigio a three-day excursion to MONEMVASIA, MANI and ELAFONISOS from May 27 until May 29, 2022.

Participation fee: 120 €/person. The price included travel by luxury coach, hotel costs at Hotel Stavros Tou Notou, Mavrovouni/Gytheion, incl. breakfast. Not included are the accommodation tax (Law 4839/2016) and the boat tickets to and from Elafonisos.

Excursion programme May 27 until May 29, 2022 MONEMVASIA, MANI, ELAFONISOS Friday, 27 May 2022 - MONEMVASIA Meeting at 7.00 am and departure from Longos to Monemvasia. Drive via Corinth and Tripoli with a stop in Artemisio for a short rest and morning coffee. Then the journey continued to Sparta, Molaios and Monemvasia. Lunch in Monemvasia and tour of the lower and upper town. In the afternoon we drove to Gythio, where we made a short stop for an afternoon walk.       Gythio                     Learn more ... Later we drove back to our hotel in Mavrovouni. Dinner at one of the local tavernas.       Mavrovouni            Learn more ... Saturday, May 28, 2022 - Mani After breakfast, we started our tour through the villages of remote Mani, starting in Gythio, Areopoli and then south to Gerolimenas, Vathia and Porto Kagio. On the way we made short stops to admire the wild nature of the Mani and its majestic towers. Lunch in picturesque Areopolis and afternoon coffee in Limeni.             Gerolimenas                                                                         Porto Kagio             Gerolimenas                                                                         Porto Kagio             Areopoli                                                                                    Limeni       Areopoli                  Learn more ...       Limeni                     Learn more ... Return to Mavrovouni for dinner and overnight. Sunday, May 29, 2022 - Elafonisos After breakfast we left the hotel and followed the road to Neapoli - Pounta to take the boat to Elafonisos. There we enjoyed our ouzo and had lunch in the fish tavernas of the island. Early afternoon departure to Longos with breaks to rest. Many thanks to Mrs. Despina Manolopoulou for organising the excursion!

MONEMVASIA Monemvasia (Greek: Μονεμβασία) is a town and a municipality in Laconia, Greece. The town is located on a small island off the east coast of the Peloponnese. The island is linked to the mainland by a short causeway 200m in length. Its area consists mostly of a large plateau some 100 metres above sea level, up to 300 m wide and 1 km long, the site of a powerful medieval fortress. The town walls and many Byzantine churches remain from the medieval period. Today, the seat of the municipality is the town Molaoi.

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MANI The Mani Peninsula, also long known by its medieval name Maina or Maïna, is a geographical and cultural region in southern Greece that is home to the Maniots, who claim descent from the ancient Spartans. The capital city of Mani is Areopoli. Mani is the central peninsula of the three which extend southwards from the Peloponnese in southern Greece. To the east is the Laconian Gulf, to the west the Messenian Gulf. The Mani peninsula forms a continuation of the Taygetos mountain range, the western spine of the Peloponnese. The terrain is mountainous and inaccessible.

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ELAFONISOS Elafonisos (Greek: Ελαφόνησος) is a small Greek island between the Peloponnese and Kythira. It lies off the coast of Cape Malea and Vatika. The area of the island is 19 square kilometres (7 square miles). The population is between 300 and 350 during the winter but increases dramatically in the summer months. During July and August the number of tourist visitors reach over 3,000 per day (bringing with them some 1,600 cars). Many people visit the island for its light coloured, sandy beaches. Among the most well known of its beaches are Sarakiniko, Fragos (Simos) and Panagias Nissia, all filled with blue-green waters.

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