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 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.
Today we travel to the paradisiacal island of Santorini, to visit one of the best preserved ancient cities of the Aegean Sea and of Greece, known as Ancient Thera.
This site, besides having very well preserved and spectacular views, preserves one of the most unusual sanctuaries carved in rock that we have seen.
In this site, the city is preserved almost complete, with its houses, its paved streets, its sanctuaries and other public buildings.
Furthermore, we will visit the Zoodoxos cave (which translates as “that gives life”), the only source of potable water of antiquity in the island, which is a short distance from the ancient population.
It seems that Athens has many ruins, more than the common Athenian knows. Many are found underground, in the basement of some building; others hidden behind fences while others are lost in industrial areas.
What they have in common all these ruins is that they are rather small or in poor condition of conservation.
Rare is the case that a huge structure like a wall is unknown and preserved in excellent condition.
In our adventure of the day we are going to visit the Dema wall, tell a little about its history and understand how it can be so unknown.
The Corinth Canal hides on one of its sides, the remains of one of the most interesting ancient engineering works: a paved road that was used for the transport of goods and ships, by land, and would be the oldest predecessor of the railway.
In this video, we are going to tell its story, its speculations and controversies, its abandonment to the elements and the works for its recovery.
We last year explored the metro network looking for the different museums and archaeological sites that were within, on top of, or near the different stations.
Now well, by lack of knowledge, we did not include 3 stations, one of them with the oldest ruins of the entire network.
So, in our adventure of the day we are going to explore these sites in detail, as well as show the surroundings and tell a little about their history.