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nickandchris Says: The castle is 15thc. Venetian and was their first and longest held on to in the Peloponnese. It is surrounded on three sides by the sea and a dry moat is on the landward side, where a fine 14 arched stone bridge crosses it. This was originally wooden, however the French...
nickandchris Says: Or Gialova Lagoon, this wetland seems to go under a few different names. It is now an area of Special Scientific Interest and is a Natura 2000 site. It is at the north end of Navarino Bay, and is separated from the sea by the long, thin Divari Beach, better known as Golden...
nickandchris Says: Although we had visited Methoni Castle a previous year, we decided one dull, wet day to pay a re-visit as we really hadn't done it justice before.Amazingly, this place is free admission but opening hours can be a little variable. We struck it lucky , it was open and it had...
Restaurant Oinoxoos Lambes: After a Swim, Lunch
nickandchris Says: This little gem (or not so little) is to be found off the main Methoni to Finikounda road, at the end of lovely Lambes beach. Last time we visited here, there was only the taverna, now there is a massive beach bar complete with swimming pool, albeit surrounded by wind-breaks...
nickandchris Says: Brilliant! What more can I say? This small restaurant is on the main road leading into the village and is a great place to watch the world go by from. It's also ideal for having a wander around the couple of tourist shops while you're waiting for your meal.Run by two very...
nickandchris Says: We ate here on our first night and thought at the time it was a lovely place. We ended up eating here three times and all were great experiences. Nicely situated on the seafront, with the sandy beach in front and tables both on this side, under the trees and on the other,...
nickandchris Says: Kalamata airport is a military airport, hence so few flights. English flights all arrive on a Sunday, with Excel, Mytravel, Thomas Cook,Astraeus and Air Malta flying from Manchester, Gatwick, Birmingham and East Midlands (sometimes!!!)The Dutch and Czech folks arrive on a...
nickandchris Says: Simply Greece holidays to Gialova all include car hire and you drive yourselves to your resort from the airport. The car provided with the package corresponds with the number of people in your party. We were three so this would be a two door Renault Twingo. We really needed...
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Pilos is a mere ten minute drive from Gialova. You will find everything you need here.
There are wonderful vegetable stalls, fish stalls, clothes shops, chemist, bakers, butchers, supermarkets, banks, Post Office and a few giftie type shops. Mostly, it's traditional shops catering for the locals. We bought a juice squeezer from a hardware shop, an interesting experience. We also could not resist buying strawberries and cherries from the stall pictured.
The bakers was pure chaos, a long narrow shop, extremely busy with no room to stand and view the products. It was also very hot inside and we were glad to get out, clutching a loaf and tyropitta.
On the outskirts of Pilos, on the Methoni road, is a large supermarket with an upstairs hardware department. Parking can be tricky.
What to buy: I believe there is a fruit and veg. market on Saturdays which unfortunately, we missed. I expect it would have been another one of those hectic street scenes I'm not over fond of!!
Updated Jun 10, 2007
Address: Pilos, Messinia
nickandchris Says: This is an ancient local custom, the building of Tholos tombs in this area. There are a number of such tombs around Gialova and up to Chora, traditionally built on a hillside or slope. They are similar to a Beehive tomb, from the Bronze Age, are circular in shape with the...
If You're Feeling A Little Parched....
nickandchris Says: I love the fact that throughout Greece there are roadside drinking fountains to quench your thirst. Often, they are sited in picturesque surroundings or where there is a good view. This one we came across one morning when Nick and I had left Philip in bed and we had a drive...
nickandchris Says: Now I have to mention the demolishing of old factories and the building of new villas and golf resorts, just to put you in the picture.At one time, Gialova's land was developed for farming , with olives being the main crop. and there were some vineyards. In the 1960's, some...
nickandchris Says: Pilos is a great little town, pretty as a picture, which goes about it's daily business in the usual chaotic Greek way.Coming into Pilos from Gialova direction, you have to first join the main Kalamata - Pilos road, which heading to Pilos is fine but returning, the junction...
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Toiletries and Medical Supplies: Most definitely bring mosquito repellent, mozzie machines and tablets. You can buy all these in resort, I'm sure, but to save you having to search them out on arrival, take some with you. At Hetty's there were no fly screens but we liked to keep the windows open and the shutters closed. I changed the tablet around 3am every night when the blighters started zizzing around again. We had 3 machines on the go.
Coat yourself in repellent early evening. For bite reactions, take anti-hystamine like Clarityn.
Written Jun 8, 2007
gyk9cf Says: June 2009Just up the hill in Pylos another great castle defending the headland.3 Euro to get inCloses at 3pmSmall Historical Picture Gallery in the groundsWalk around about three quarters of the Castle wallsGreat ViewsIt will be nice when it is finished
gyk9cf Says: June 2009I bet every body goes hereNot much at the digThe museum is in Hore (Ghore) you need to combine the both visit the site then find the museum in Ghore. It takes a bit of finding but it is well worth it.Again like all places it closes at 3pm2 euro to get in the museum3...
gyk9cf Says: Methont Castle11km from PylosNice afternoon to visit one of the three castles protecting the headland.Free to get in Open until 3pm as most monuments are.Nice church in the Castle to visit and spend a few moments in reflectionEasy car parking in front of the castle2 minutes...
nickandchris Says: 1.5 kms north of Gialova there is a right turn to Iklena and Eleofito. It is also signposted to various apartments, including Paleokastro. This road twists and turns it's way up to the suprisingly strung out settlement of Iklena but really, it's worth taking this route for...
nickandchris Says: On our final day, enroute to the airport, we had a thought we would have a look at the beaches around Rizomilos and Analipsi. We found Rizomilos beach, the first part of which was quite nice, sandy, with views to Petalidi. The further along you travelled, the stonier,...
nickandchris Says: This is not about my favourite thing, more like my least favourite!We re-visited Romanos beaches to see how the golf resort was coming along. Oh, my word, it's going to be massive. So many buildings fronting the beautiful beach, ruining the skyline and particularly the...
Yialova in Western Peloponnese
Our Greek holiday 2007 has been and gone. A fortnight in the small seaside village of Gialova in the south western Peloponnese hardly seemed like a week, let alone 14 days. We holidayed with Simply...
Hettys Houses are three nice villa outside the village of Gialova. Very nicely house, in a quite location. you can walk to the village in 5 minutes where they is a beach and about 20 places to eat. A...
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