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cons15479 Says: Another view of Kastanitsa
cons15479 Says: The mountainious interior of Kynouria is a place with deep gorges and mild slopes covered with pine and chesnut forests . In that area are located several beautiful villages . My favourite is Kastanitsa . It is hard to access but it surely worths the try . It is built on...
cons15479 Says: The beach of Livadi is next to the one of Sambatiki .
cons15479 Says: Another beautiful summer resort 5kms from Leonidion .
cons15479 Says: Tyros is another dream summer destination of the area . Just watch the attached pic .. :-)It is also the only place in Kynouria where you can find a developed tourist infrastracture .
cons15479 Says: I have excellent summer memories from this beach (Aghios Yioryis) in the village Poulithra 7 kms south of Leonidio.
cons15479 Says: Plaka is a tiny fishing village which is supposed to be the port of the area as it is located just 2 kms from Leonidion . Picturesque isnt it?
cons15479 Says: Leonidion (or Leonidio or Leonidi) is the capital of Kynouria . It is a small town built in a narrow valley under huge and very steep red-coloured cliffs, a very impressive site . What is more impressive though is the well-preserved local architecture .
AndyRG Says: The picture had been taken inside one of the best restaurants of the town ("Oneiro"). Try especially the many eggplant recipes made in Leonidio in every taverna, there is a celebration in August about them... That time, thousands of people gather to take part in the...
AndyRG Says: Inside the same restaurant, you feel like being in a Folklore Museum, as there are many old items, not only the Kitchen's ones...
AndyRG Says: That time of the Holy Saturday, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ symbolically is represented by the words of "Hristos anesti" and the reply, "Alithos anesti" ("He has been truly resurrected"), of the priests. You can't imagine what happens all around, in the sky...
AndyRG Says: The locals make their own balloons and race them, it is a nice tradition for the last 50 years. It will really be unforgettable if you can have the chance and see with your own eyes especially this custom... Have them open!
AndyRG Says: ...for many minutes, the hot-air balloons are set off all the time, especially when the time for "Hristos anesti" ("Jesus Christ has been resurrected") from the mouth of the priests comes closer...
AndyRG Says: During the Holy Saturday, and as more as the time for the "Anastasi" (Resurrection of Jesus Christ) approaches -at midnight- the streets of Leonidio are packed with people all over Peloponnese, and not only... They have come to see a very nice custom (Easter in Greece is...
cons15479 Says: A last view of the Parnonas mountainrange . It is called as the "female" mountain because its greatest part is hilly rather than steep, though it reaches the altittude of 2000 m's and is covered by endless forests .
cons15479 Says: A medieval tower inside the forest near the village of Aghios Vassilis; abandoned and mysterious ..
cons15479 Says: The monastery is a great place and inspires your religious feelings because of its dramatic location .
cons15479 Says: If you take the road from Leonidion to Kosmas you will drive through a steep and fascinating gorge . The monastery of Elona ( Panagia Elona ) is impressively built inside the red rock .
Kosmas, another beauty on mt. Parnonas
cons15479 Says: Kosmas is one of the most interesting villages of the area . Built in an altittude of 1000 ms above sea, in the middle of a thick forest, its a great spot to relax .
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The nearby beaches are clean (they have won blue flags for many years) and peaceful, without many people. You can swim in Plaka or Lakos, very close to...
Q: Hi people, I am a linguist and I will write my final thesis about the tsakonian dialect, which is spoken in Leonidio. I want to...
A: I speak mayan!! =))
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Tsakonia region, deeply greek...
Leonidio is 210 km south of Athens. It belongs to the prefecture of Arcadia, near the borders with the prefecture of Laconia. It is the centre of Tsakonia region and the tsakonian tradition which is...
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Kynouria is the eastern part of Arkadia . It combines in the most pleasant way the deep crystal waters of the Argolic gulf with the endless pine and chesnut trees of the Parnonas mountainrange . It is...
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