Peloponnese, Greece · Europe
Meligalás is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Arfará, 6km from Ancient Messene.
Meligalás is in Peloponnese, Greece, with about 1,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Arfará, about 10 km away.
Meligalas (Greek: Μελιγαλάς) is a town and former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Oichalia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 78.193 km2. Population 2,785 (2021).
The town is known for the Battle ofRead more
Meligalas, which took place on 13–15 September 1944 between the Greek Resistance forces of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the collaborationist Security Battalions. After the battle ELAS forces executed hundreds of Security Battalionists in an event that remains a point of reference and a rallying cry both for the far right and the left in Greece to this day.
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Within an hour or so of Meligalás: Ancient Messene (6 km), Polylimnio Waterfalls (27 km), Langada Pass (34 km), Mystras (39 km).
The nearest famous roads are Langada Pass and Galaxidi.
Meligalás is in Peloponnese, Greece, about 10 km from Arfará.
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Tourist police (English-speaking): 171.
Full driving guide for Greece8 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.
6 km · about 10 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.
27 km · about 30 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.
34 km · about 40 min drive
ancient ruins
A spectacular fortified Byzantine ghost city on a steep hillside near Sparta, with churches containing precious medieval frescoes.
39 km · about 45 min drive
beach
A near-perfect Omega-shaped sandy bay in Messinia, ringed by dunes and a ruined castle above.
40 km · about 45 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.
43 km · about 50 min drive
castle
A sprawling Venetian sea-fortress juts into the water on a causeway at the Peloponnese's tip.
50 km · about 60 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.
56 km · about 65 min drive
2 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
April to October
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