The Peloponesos peninsula is the richest area in art relics in Greece. The peninsula have got some delicate beaches and natural ressources, which bid a nice holiday.
The intimate Tolo is int he south of Greece, on the Peloponesos peninsula, 130 kilometres by Athene and 50 kilometres by Corinthos. The city was a fisher village until a few years ago on the coast of the beautiful Argolic Bay. Nowadays the city has become a popular seaside resort, because it has got a slowly deepening water and sandy beach, which are adapted to bath since may till october. Tolo is ideal for watersports lovers, too. Everything can be found here. We can try these sports in return for an allowance.
This village has a really greek feeling in the shops and the restaurants that wait for the tourists. In the shops of the main street everybody can find the important souvenirs. Int he entire country, so in Tolo, there?s a so-called siesta time, that is kept in the warmest period of the day, between 13:00-18:00, so not all the shops are open in this period. In the restaurants of the beach, tourists can easily try traditional greek meals.
Tourists like Tolo not only because of its seacoast and the offered free-time opportunities, but because of its central position, for the most beautiful memories of classic Greece can be observed in the neighbourhood. These places may have be visited on high-standard facultative programs.
Nafplion is a beautiful small town of the Argolis-bay, and was the first capital of the independent Greece between 1827-32. The houses were built at the Palamidi fortress in a Venetian style, and neo-classical villas edge the small town's streets. The city of Argos is the oldest settlement of the peninsula, to which a lot of ancient myths were weaved.
Argosz?s Roman age memories can be observed along the road leading into Tripolis at the foot of the Larissa mountain. We find the remains of the country's largest theatre here, that provided place for 20 000 spectators in his prosperity. Heinrich Schliemann, an archaeologist, initiated excavations based on Homeros? descriptions, the result of which was the ruins of the former Mucene, in the 1870 years. Between the most famous buildings there is the 7 metres tall Lion?s gate, which was edified by three blocks of stone, and the cupola grave known as Agamemnon?s grave.
In Epidauros, we can find buildings remained from the ancient world, like the theatre in a distinguished state, and the Aszklépiosz sanctuary known as the centre of the remedy. Spárta was a soldier state founded by Doric tribes settled down in the 12. century, which was known by the antique Greek world for his severe laws and his unbeatability. Among its remained monuments, it is necessary to mention the citadel, the Orthia sanctuary and the Archaeological Museum?s collection.
The walls of Tirünsz?s castle are the monumental remainses of the architecture of the 14th century. The fortification was built in the 17th-16th century BC, and was significantly transformed under the building of the castle Mükéné. Finally, the city's strategic significance was lost in 146 BC, when the strengthened Argosz destroyed it.
Worthy to visit the remains of the Byzantine monastery city in Misztrasz. After a few-hours road, we can reach the 2700-year-old Olympia, the scene of the first Olympic games.
Between the spectacles of the Peloponnészosz peninsula, there is the 6 km long Korintszhosz channel, which has tall steep stone walls reaching 80 metres in some places. Némea is 31 km to the southwest from Korintszhosz. The garden of ruins is in a beautiful valley. From far away we can see the Zeusz church with its 3 Doric columns from the 4th century, under which a crypt was opened up. In Némea, matches are organised in honor of Zeusz every two years. 500 metres from the garden of ruins, we can find the stadium's remains.
