We started out our day with breakfast. The hotel offers a free buffet breakfast which was lovely. Here are a couple of pictures of the hotel.
After breakfast we talked to a hotel employee, Stephie, who we had spoken with on the phone and who had helped us book our reservation. She gave us some suggestions on how to spend our day.
After our conversation with her we decided to go to Monemvasia which was about an hour and half drive. The town is located on a small island off the east coast of the Peloponnese peninsula and is linked to the mainland by a short causeway. Monemvasia is the site of a medieval fortress and it has a rich history of repeatedly being conquered by the Byzantines, Venetians, and Ottomans. The town walls and many Byzantine churches remain from the medieval period. It has a really charming town. There is a lower town where people still live (no cars allowed) and an upper town/fortress that is just ruins. Here are some pictures.
Then based on Stephie’s recommendation we went to Plitra for a very late lunch. Plitra had a beautiful beach but not much of a town. We had a good lunch at a restaurant overlooking the sea.
We stopped at the grocery store on the way back to the hotel and got back around 6:30 and had a quiet evening.
Here is a map of our adventures today.
