ancient ruins
Mystras
A spectacular fortified Byzantine ghost city on a steep hillside near Sparta, with churches containing precious medieval frescoes.
26 km · about 30 min drive
Greece · Europe
Karyés is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Pellána, 26km from Mystras.
Karyés is a town located in Greece. With a population of 0, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Karyes (Greek: Καρυές, before 1930: Αράχωβα - Arachova) is a village of the Peloponnese peninsula, which is located in the southern part of Greece. The Peloponnese is made up of a number of states and Karyes belongs to the state of Laconia in which Sparta is the capital. Karyes gets its official name from the wordRead more
‘walnut’ due to the village having many walnut trees and has been spelled a number of ways such as Karyes, Karyai, Karya, Caryes, Caryai and Caryae. It should not be confused with some other villages in Greece which go by the same name such as Caria of Asia Minor, Karyes, Mount Athos, Karyes, Pieria, Karya of Argos, and Karyes of Chios. Karyes also goes by the name of Arahova (not to be confused with Arahova of Boetia, Greece) which was thought to have originated from the Slavic word for walnut. The village of Karyes is the birthplace of the six caryatid maidens which are featured in architecture in the place of columns on the ancient and world famous Erectheion of the Athenian Acropolis.
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Karyés is located in Greece, Europe. The coordinates are 37.2912 latitude, 22.5007 longitude.
Karyés has a population of approximately 0 people, making it a town in Greece.
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ancient ruins
A spectacular fortified Byzantine ghost city on a steep hillside near Sparta, with churches containing precious medieval frescoes.
26 km · about 30 min drive
mountain pass
Legendary mountain road between Sparta and Kalamata, carving through the Langada Gorge over the Taygetus range: hairpins, sheer drops and some of the finest driving scenery in the Peloponnese.
29 km · about 35 min drive
castle
A massive Venetian hilltop fortress above Nafplio reached by climbing 999 stone steps, offering sweeping views of the Argolic Gulf.
40 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Greece's first capital, an elegant Venetian-era seaside town in the Peloponnese with the clifftop Palamidi fortress and a castle-topped islet.
41 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
An amphitheatre of stone mansions stacked above the Lousios Gorge in mountain Arcadia, once a gunpowder workshop for the 1821 revolution. Its open-air water-power museum still runs mills, tanneries and powder wheels.
53 km · about 60 min drive
ancient ruins
One of Greece's most complete and least-crowded ancient cities: a vast 4th-century-BC site with an intact stadium, theatre, agora and the massive Arcadian Gate, spread below the village of Mavromati.
53 km · about 60 min drive
ancient ruins
The legendary citadel of King Agamemnon and center of the Mycenaean civilization, famous for its Lion Gate, beehive tombs, and massive Cyclopean walls.
54 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
A wild, remote region of the southern Peloponnese with tower houses, Byzantine churches, and the mythical entrance to Hades at Cape Tainaron.
57 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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