Peloponnese, Greece · Europe
Kyparissía is worth a stop: 25 minutes from Filiatrá, 23km from Ancient Messene.
Kyparissía is in Peloponnese, Greece, with about 5,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Filiatrá, about 13 km away.
Kyparissia (Greek: Κυπαρισσία) is a town and a former municipality in northwestern Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Trifylia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 101.018 km2 (39.003 sq mi). The town properRead more
has around 5,000 inhabitants.
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Within an hour or so of Kyparissía: Ancient Messene (23 km), Voidokilia Beach (32 km), Polylimnio Waterfalls (33 km), Ancient Olympia (43 km).
The nearest famous roads are Langada Pass and Galaxidi.
Kyparissía is in Peloponnese, Greece, about 13 km from Filiatrá.
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Tourist police (English-speaking): 171.
Full driving guide for Greece7 notable places within an hour's drive.
ancient ruins
One of Greece's most complete and least-crowded ancient cities: a vast 4th-century-BC site with an intact stadium, theatre, agora and the massive Arcadian Gate, spread below the village of Mavromati.
23 km · about 25 min drive
beach
A near-perfect Omega-shaped sandy bay in Messinia, ringed by dunes and a ruined castle above.
32 km · about 35 min drive
waterfall
A hidden gorge in Messenia holding a chain of some 15 waterfalls and jade swimming lakes with names like Kadi and Mavrolimna, linked by ladders and footpaths. Park above Kalochori-Haravgi village and descend into the ravine.
33 km · about 40 min drive
ancient ruins
The birthplace of the Olympic Games, this sacred sanctuary in the Peloponnese contains the ruins of athletic facilities, temples, and the workshop of Phidias.
43 km · about 50 min drive
castle
A sprawling Venetian sea-fortress juts into the water on a causeway at the Peloponnese's tip.
48 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
An amphitheatre of stone mansions stacked above the Lousios Gorge in mountain Arcadia, once a gunpowder workshop for the 1821 revolution. Its open-air water-power museum still runs mills, tanneries and powder wheels.
50 km · about 60 min drive
mountain pass
Legendary mountain road between Sparta and Kalamata, carving through the Langada Gorge over the Taygetus range: hairpins, sheer drops and some of the finest driving scenery in the Peloponnese.
60 km · about 70 min drive
2 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
April to October
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