A modern district city with approx. 5.000 inhabitants is Kiparissia, the cypress city. She is an economical center at the west coast of the Peloponnese .
To a large extent visibly the fortress thrones on a more than 200 m high rock back above the upper city. The surroundingssurroundings resemble a single olive garden.
SimpleSimple restaurants and taverns, where you can enjoy the Greek foodfood and drinking among Shadow-Donating Trees, are in next surroundingssurroundings.
Kiparissia has several banksbanks, at which you fetch money and a cash dispenser at which you can withdraw money directly from your account with your secret number and simplesimple ec card in Germany.
The internet café makes direct accessaccess to your mail and to the sending of mail for you possible.

Airport

The next airport is in Kalamata, about 65 kilometers of Kiparissia away. Of April until October several airlines fly to the airport of several britains airports directly.
They fly from the British airports to Athens repeatedly daily with different Airlines and makemake go from the taxi, the bus, or the railways of Athens according toaccording to Kiparissia.

Ferry boat connection

Over Venice, Ancona and Brindisi you reach the harbor of Patras with different ferry boat connections in a full-year way. A car sleeper train brings you comfortably to Bozen, Bologne or Rimini from several German railway stations. From Patras according toaccording to Kiparissia it is still about 130 kilometers on a well extended peak hour stretch.

Kalo Nero

Near Kalo Nero extends before the narrow, agriculturally used coast level and to the some A Hundred Meters mountains keeping on going up inland a fine-gritty, almost unpredictably long beach stripe. Only in Kalo Nero there are hotels and taverns, already a place further in direction Patras it gives only beach, no footbridges, no kiosks, no hotels and taverns.

Car hire

They can book a car hire directly from Germany and take a car hire into reception at the respective airport. The prices differ after season. With a small jeep you can undertake marvellous tours in the ground and in the mountains.

Bus and train connections

The Peloponnese is from a call processing viewpoint well opened up. For a few euros you go daily repeatedly to Athens, according toaccording to Patras, according toaccording to Olympia (approx. 60 kilometers) and to other places. There the arrival and departure times not to predict exactly are, it is recommended in the case of excursion tours a car hire or the own PKW to use.

Doctors and pharmacies

In Kiparissia there are several doctors settled down and pharmacies. For acute emergencies a clinic with out-patient department stands around the clock ready in Kiparissia. A bigger clinic is in Kalamata and the next university clinic with a high standard is in Patras. For foreigners the clinical supply is clear of all charges.

Sport possibilities

Water sport at the sea: Sailing, surf, motorboat driving - sports equipment is to be brought along best themselves. In Kiparissia there is since 2005 a water sport center at which also water skiwater ski is possible and can be lent to surfing-bort.

Swimming and snorkels one can in the crystal-clear, warm water and in the waterfall at Yalova with crystal-clear and icy-cold water one can cool off also once.

Hiking in a charming mountain landscape or jogging at the beach miles long.
Adventure journeys with the jeep on discovery tour to hidden mountain vilareas, cloisters, powerful massifs. Also excursions to the cloister installations which the monks only built in Vertiginous height into the rocks are interested. Of Kalo Nero gut to reach above Stemnitsa the cloister Moni Podromou is.

Cycling on remote, idyllic ways.

Information in an overland way and people

The Peloponnese off the known tourist routes is a still to a large extent unknown, initial region of Greece with numerous cultural and regional sights. Enjoy the initial hospitality of the Greeks. The Peloponnese is mentioned also island of the light.

The Apollon Tempel belongs to the best preserved temple buildings.
The Peloponnese is the four fingered hand which stretches out Greece, Asia and Africa. Over the peninsula great cultures reached according toaccording to Europe, and from here the Mediterranean Sea roomroom was colonized in vorantiker and antiquated time. Reports of splendid past which you can visit in single tours from Kiparissia are among other ones:

The Apollon shrine of Vassae

The Apollon shrine of Vassae lies in a produced meagre mountain region from which suddenly a gigantic white tent juts out. It was made to the protection before further decomposition up to the final restoration of the temple. He is an excellently preserved monument in honor ofin honor of the Apollon who was rediscovered only in 1765.

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Epidauros - Antiquated summer theater and place of the miracle cures

The amphitheater of Epidaurus with his fabulous acoustics pulls every year many visitors to the most beautiful pieces of the classical Greek theater.
The miracle cures which priests caused with Epidauros corresponded to those of Lourdes. We today describe the asklepinic welfare sleep maybe as a psychotherapeutic procedure. The cure of the sick was influenced favorably by dream interpretation and suggestion, mild climate, rest, warm and cold baths, pure water and different cabbage medicine.

Arcadia- a shepherd idyll?

18 centuries Arcadia was combined with the myth of the Golden Age, described by numerous poets and poets. Goethe describes fist it in his as pastoral idylls where shepherds blow the herdsman flute and shepherdesses weave wreaths.
A wild mountain landscape, with in part naked rock chains, in part gorgeous pine forests, always seriously as his inhabitants, discovers who saw the alpine province with own eyes - farmers, herdsmen and hunters.

Olympic-competition of the people or peace of the gods?

This place is not as any other created, to give the single human being internal peace - in a landscape unusually harmonious for Greece the Old Greeks turned over one of theirtheir most splendid ideas, the panhellenic armistice during the olympic games celebrated all 4 years. To the olympic games of the modern times the Olympic Fire is lit also today still and brought to the respective venues. In 2004 the Olympiad occurs also at the sport places of Olympia.

Sparta and Mistra - warriors and monks

A rural small town thinksthinks who remembers the hardness and discipline of famous Spartans that turnedturned theirtheir city into the center of a feared major power in the Hellenic world today instead of this. First again founded by king Otto 1834 - it was built up by the Bavarian city planners by chance in his old regularity again. Sparta is today known next to his antiquated sights because of his flourishing gardens in lovely landscape.
Mistra turned the Byzantine emperor sons into the brilliant center of a rebirth of the Hellenic culture in the 13th century.

This bewitched, human being empty place with his powerful fortress at the slope of the Taygetos, with decayed churches, cloisters, palaces, with steep, narrow stairs and stage lanes an ideal scenery forms for our fantasy. Here the life flourished in the 13th, 14th and 15th century while there was being end of the world atmosphere in the remaining Byzantine empire.

Economy

Agriculture is the main source of revenue of the Peloponnese . In the fertile valleys and in the coast regionsregions citrus fruits, figs, dates, melons, peaches, apricots, cucumbers, tomatoes, paprikas, aubergines, tobacco, wine, cotton, peanuts, rice and raisins thrive. On less fertile groundsgrounds olive trees grow and sheep and goats are bred.

Flora and fauna, climate

The year is divided into three seasons.

In the spring, in the months March untiluntil May, the vegetation is colorful and opulent. The peninsula is into one flower- and dived blossom splendor. Irides, saffron, lilies, bloom to narcissists, hyacinths, poppy and margaritemargarite and form a colored carpet; Cyclamens, tulips, primroses and anemones stand in colonies, surpassed in beauty only of the royal orchids, together. The high meadows are scattered with crocuses. The mountains take off theirtheir snow dress and are wrapped in majestic grey.

In the summer, of June untiluntil October, with temperatures of 25-32 degrees C. hardly fallouts fall. In spite of that the regionregion remains green - cypresses, eucalyptuses, olives and pine trees emboss the picture of the charmingcharming landscape, Opuntien and agaves flourish, the Bouganvilleen change houses and gardens into a violet and red blossom splendor. IntenselyIntensely the jasmine smells. The Wild Oleander delays his red, white and tender-pink blossoms the streets to far in the September.

The bathing-time begins at the end of April (about 19,5 degrees of water temperature) and does not end before in November. In the July / August the water temperature is about 26 degrees of centigrades:

At the beginning of the rainy season in November after that one Wein-and olive harvestharvest is refreshed the country - now the best planting-time is. Around Christmas and New Year and in February it gives sometimes so warm days that you can be in the T-shirt outside.

Peloponnesi meal

The Peloponnesi meal goes back to the simplesimple meal of the farmersfarmers and herdsmen. Long cooking times at small flame and varied spices lend the foods theirtheir special flavor. Chimneys can one in the picturesque restaurants and taverns. In most home-made wine is served from barrels and sufficed to crowds, grilled meat or fish and Greek salad. In showcasesshowcases the offered courts are exhibited so that one can order his foodfood also without knowledge of the Greek language.