3° day
-
Hydra - Spetses /
19 miles / 1 hrs
SPETSES
a beautiful island with rich
vegetation and many pine
trees. It has various
wonderful sandy beaches and
lovely secluded bays. Its
villages are picturesque and
authentic and its capital is
a real architectural beauty
full of two-storey
neoclassical houses with
wooden balconies and
coloured walls, and narrow
stone-paved alleys.
Archaeological findings
indicate that Spetses has
been inhabited since Early
Bronze Age (also called
first Hellenic Era, about
2500 BC). One of the most
famous heroes of the Greek
Revolution was the Spetsiote
female captain Lascarina
Bouboulina who took the
command of her husband’s
fleet when he died, fought
in many important battles
and spent most of her
fortune to finance the war.
|
|
|
|
4° day -Spetses - Monemvasia
/ 51 miles / 3hrs
MONEMVASIA
Monemvasia occupies a steep, rocky islet
connected to the Laconian coast by a bridge. The
settlement was founded in the 6th century A.D. by the
inhabitants of Laconia. A second settlement was later
founded on a lower level, and gradually developed into a
town of significant strategic importance. After a short
domination of the Popes, the area was captured by the
Venetians in 1464. In 1540 it was occupied by the Turks
and its decline became more evident. In 1690 it was
given over to the Venetians and in 1715 was recaptured
by the Turks. It was the
|
|
first among the fortified towns of the
Peloponnesus to be liberated by the Greeks in 1821. The area
is inhabited today and many of the ruined buildings have
been restored by the 5th Ephorate. The settlement is
surrounded by a U-shaped fortification wall with two gates,
one on the east and one on the west side, and a small exit
to the sea. Important Monuments of the Lower Town are:
Church of Christ Helkomenos (Led to the Passion), Moslem
Mosque, Church of Panaghia (Our Lady) Myrtidiotissa. |
|
|
5° day - Monemvasia - Milos /
67 miles /
4hrs
MILOS
A volcanic island with spectacular
geological and rock formations and exceptional
beaches with turquoise waters. It has one of the
best harbours in the Mediterranean, formed when the
sea broke into the crater through a gap on its
north-west side. Milos is famous about the colour of
the sea around the island, the traditional local
cuisine and its friendly people. Famous beaches of
the island are Sarakiniko, Kleftiko, Ag. Kiriaki and
many others
|
|
|
|
6° day - Milos - Folegandros
/ 40 miles / 2.5 hrs
FOLEGANDROS
A
small and rocky island with wild beauty and a
spectacular capital perched on a cliff with
medieval dwellings.
On
a flat expanse above the pretty harbor of
Karavostasi is Hora or Folegandros, which
consists of two sections. In the old settlement
in the Kastro area, the outer walls of the
houses form the sort of defensive precinct to be
found else where in the Cyclades. The new
quarter is just as pretty, with narrow alleys,
stepped walls, courtyards, wooden balconies and
|
| typically Aegean churches. The finest church on the island that of Our Lady, stands above a section of the ancient wall. | |
