The surrounding area

Mani, the middle peninsula in the south of the Peloponnese, has starkly beautiful nature and is steeped in history. Gythio whose center is barely 2km from the villa, is on the northeastern coast of Mani and was the port of Ancient Sparta in Antiquity. On the small island of Cranae to the east of Gythio, Paris and Helen reputedly spent their first night together before sailing off the Troy…