Aventuras a Pie (de Página)The Peloponnese peninsula, in the southwest of Greece, concentrates the majority of the most impressive fortifications of the Middle Ages of Greece, including crusader, Venetian and Ottoman castles.
Today we are going to explore the castle of Methoni, one of the most important tourist attractions in the region and talk a little about its history.
In this video, we explore the remains of the Minoan town of Akrotiri, on the south of the island of Santorini, which was destroyed by a volcanic explosion in the year 1600 BC the same that almost destroyed the island.
The most desired Greek island is Santorini, and it is a synonym of Greece.
In this video, we tell you what there is to visit and how to optimize your experience.
In this video, we make a full review of the island and we give you reasons to visit it.
The Messinian peninsula in southwestern Peloponnese concentrates the majority of the most impressive medieval fortifications of Greece, including acueductos, Venetian, and Ottoman castles.
In this video we will briefly explore the Pylos castle, talk a little about its history and visit its acueductos.
The Palace of Nestor is, along with Mycenae and Tiryns, one of the most important archaeological sites of the Minoan civilization and of Ancient Greece. It is not only the best preserved palace of that civilization, but where the most information has been found about it, thanks to the discovery of clay tablets, written in Linear B.
On our day’s adventure we are going to explore in detail the known as “Palace of Nestor”, visit briefly the palace of Iklaina in the vicinity, as well as Minoan tombs in the area.
In our day adventure, we are going to do a circular hike in the Pylos area and the Navarino Bay, which combines history and nature in a quite unique way.
We are going to visit the Voidokoilia beach, a beach with one of the most striking landscapes in Greece, Nestor’s cave, a huge cave and probably a sanctuary; the Navarino castle, also known as Paleokastro, the Gialova wetland, where you can see many birds, including storks and flamingos and finally we are going to visit a Mycenaean tomb attributed to the son of Nestor, the wise king of Pylos according to Homer’s Iliad.
The Galician Regional Government (Xunta de Galicia) has the most extensive network of pilgrim hostels in Spain, with 76 centers and over 3,000 beds, according to official figures. One might assume that, given their experience in serving pilgrims on a large scale, the service provided would be among the best.
Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth.
In this video, we’re going to analyze all the problems with the Xunta’s hostels and whether it’s worth staying in them.
Note: For this analysis, we’ll primarily include our experiences from 2024, having walked the Winter Way, part of the Sanabrese Way, the Finisterre Way, and the English Way. However, although not included in this analysis, I have stayed in Xunta hostels on the French Way, the Northern Way, the Primitive Way, and the Portuguese Way, and I admit that my experience has been consistent and similar on all routes.
Antigua Messene is by far one of the best archaeological sites in all of Greece, having more variety of ruins and much better preserved and restored than other sites of much greater renown such as Athens, Delphi, and Corinth.
In this second video we visit the ruins outside the archaeological site, which include walls, temples, and the spring that gave life to the population.