🇬🇷 Monumental Monemvasia, Peloponnese, Greece

Monemvasia is a spectacular 'Island' town and castle, connected to the Greek mainland by a causeway.

Located in Laconia county, in the Peloponnese, Greece, Monemvasia is about 4 hours drive from Athens, and 1.5 hours from Kalamata.

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It is one of the top tourist destinations in the Peloponnese, famed for its rugged beauty, boutique hotels, restaurants and sunsets.

The island is a monosyllabic rock rising about 100m from the sea and connected to the mainland via a roadway across a man made causeway. On the top is a Byzantine Castle, and ruined medieval town, though the site itself once had an Acropolis dating back 2500 years to the Minoan Civilisation.

Subsequently settled by the Spartans in the 7th Century AD, it was then subject to many sieges and changed hands several times between the Byzantines, Venetians, Ottomans and Greeks.

Below the ruined upper town and castle sits the lower town, rebuilt after the Greek revolution of 1821 and catering for tourists. Surrounded by walls, and defensive fortifications Monemvasia offers a unique experience for the visitor, and is highly recommended as a 2 day, 1 night stop during a tour of the Peloponnese in Greece.

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00:00 Introduction
00:20 Arriving and where to park
00:42 The Lower Town
02:37 The Main Square
03:00 Trying to climb (the Lower Town)
04:27 Main Street, Restaurants and Shops
05:36 Finally Climbing the Rock
07:37 The Gate at the top
08:13 The BEST view?
08:55 Climbing the Upper Town
10:02 The Church of Agia (Hagia) Sophia
11:17 Or is this the BEST View?
12:04 Climbing again
12:24 The Acropolis and The Minoans
13:01 The Spartans, Byzantines, Ottomans and Venetians
14:18 The Greek War of Independence & Tourism
15:00 Wrap up and Thanks.

[tanyaaust]

Thank you very much for the video and the story! Great views and some new historical facts for me. I love this part of Greece and I'm glad I came across your channel.

[authentictuscany]

Thanks for all the historic facts, we hope to get here one day! Can you believe it's been on my list for 30 years since my very first trip to the Peloponnese! Fingers crossed for this year!

[Arcadian]

Awesome video! I gotta see this place.😮

[kennethpauls]

Like walking through the entrance to Brigadoon; it’s quite a magical place. Decide to spends some nights there, you’ll be justly rewarded. Thank-you for the video memory.

[ΜιχάληςΜπιλάς]

My friend, you are spot on ! Only Elafonissos island you have missed.

[francoisbouchard]

Incredible stuff here. Thank you for describing the fascinatingly complex background of this town. Another one to add to the bucket list!

[giwrgospa]

What an amazing story behind this little piece of land.
And yet another amazing video of yours, full of accurate & interesting historical events to match the breathtaking views!
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[joysherriff]

Great video as always. We live in Kalamata and have visited Monemvasia but due to cronky knees didn't attempt the upward path, so it was great to virtually follow you up there, see the amazing views and listen to the history of this wonderful place. Thanks and Yiammas!🍺

[LoriGriffith-qt]

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[LeadSled]

Thanks so much for including the travel times by car. What time of year was this video shot?

[qwerty-nz]

Is it me or your last 'a' in 'Monemvasia' is pronounced a bit like 'o' ??

[joeb]

I think it was continuously inhabited and many homes were still inhabited before the tourism-era restorations. Not as in good of a shape as they are now, but I'm pretty sure many homes in the old town were still intact and inhabited. I'm pretty sure but not 100%.

[eddy]

See any snakes up there? Looks like prime real estate!