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Surroundings and infrastructure
Everything in your reach
Besides the fotos shown here you can see more at the Fotos page.
The Landscape
- Hilly landscape between the sea and the the mountains up to approx. 1000 m.
- Agriculture in the plain
- Macchia and low mountain woods in the higher regions
- Numerous small scattered greek villages, usually accessible on small asphalt roads or wide country roads
- Numerous trails through the macchia
- No marked hiking trails (a sense of pioneerism, good hiking equipment and possibly GPS-system required)
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Agaliani
- Approx. 1 km away
- Next village
- Reachable on our private street by car or by foot (as the incline is 25% the way is to risky for wheelchair users)
- Orthodox church
- Small, typical and cheap but very recommendable tavern (innkepper speaks english)
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Kaló Neró
- approx. 7 km away
- Next city at the sea
- Bakery
- Small grocery
- Cafés and good restaurants at the sea
- Sandy beaches for bathing
- Partially rocks for snorkeling
- Fresh water showers at the beach
- If ramps at the beach are required prior consultation is necessary
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Kyparissia
- approx. 12 km away
- Typical greek small town
- Lively Platija (espacially in the late evening)
- All shops, banks, post office
- Doctors, hospital
- Numerous restaurants
- Church
- Old Town
- Franconian castle ruins (not accessible by wheelchair users)
- Market on Saturdays
- Harbour
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Sights
In the area:
- Franconian castle
- Archaelogical excavation site in Peristeria
- Altar of the Epicourian Apollo
- Statue town Sidirokastro
- Folkloric market in Kopanaki
- Olympia
Recommended day trips:
- Messene
- Pylos
- Pyrgos
- Methoni
- Kalamata
- Patras
- Sparta
- Mystras
- Mani peninsula
Further away:
- Delphi
- Mykene
- Nafplia
- Korinth
- Athens
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Medical Care
- In case of emergency on site (as long as Dr. Illichmann is present)
- Doctors in Kyparissia
- Hospital in Kyparissia
- Large national hospital in Kalamata (90 km)
- University hospital in Patras (170 km)
- Masseurs, physiotherapists and nurses usually in Kyparissia
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Shopping facilities
- Bakery in Kaló Neró
- Lidl (German super market) at the main road between Kaló Neró and Kyparissia
- Another greek supermarket at the same spot
- All shops, banks and post office in Kyparissia
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