Kardamili Boat Trip: Half-Day, Full-Day and Sunset Cruises with a Skipper

Stone tower houses and waterside tavernas on a turquoise bay below a rocky mountain on the Mani coast

A Kardamili boat trip takes you along the Mani coast of the Messenian Gulf with a skipper at the helm. Find more trip ideas on Greece Tours. Below we follow each Kardamili boat trip stop by stop, from the Kalamata cruise and the half-day and full-day runs to sea caves, Limeni, sunset sails, boats and … Read more

Kardamyli Hiking Tour: Village Paths, Gorges and Taygetos Trails

Two hikers among white boulders and an old tree trunk in a dry gorge

A Kardamyli hiking tour follows stone mule paths from the Mani coast up to tower villages, hilltop chapels and the gorges of Mount Taygetos. Discover more walking and coastal trips across the country with Greece Tours. Read about the guided walks, the Ridomo and Viros gorges, the marked village network, the self-guided routes, the summit … Read more

Kardamyli Boat Rental: Self-Drive Boats on the Mani Coast

A white rental motorboat on clear blue water off Kardamyli, with a stone tower and a stone church on the shore behind

A Kardamyli boat rental puts you at the wheel of your own boat on the Mani coast, with no licence needed. Find more sea trips around the Peloponnese on Greece Tours. This page covers the rentals you can book, the licence rules, the kit on board, where to go, the best time to sail, hire … Read more

Kalamata: 2-Day Mani Peninsula Tour with Airport Transfer

The coast of Kardamyli in the Mani, with olive groves, red-roofed houses and a small islet in a blue sea.

The 2-day Mani peninsula tour starts with an airport transfer at Kalamata and a guided visit to Kardamyli and Stoupa on the Messenian coast. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover what the 2-day Mani peninsula tour includes, how it compares with day trips, the Homeric … Read more

Mani Day Trip from Athens

The stone tower houses of Vathia in the Mani, rising on a green hillside below a bare grey mountain.

A Mani day trip from Athens drives south across the Peloponnese to the tower villages and sea caves of the Mani peninsula and returns to the capital the same night. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the tours you can book, the road, timing, stops, … Read more

Mani Day Trip from Kalamata

Stone tower houses and a waterfront taverna at Limeni bay in the Mani, above clear blue-green water.

A Mani day trip from Kalamata follows the coast south under Mount Taygetos into the Mani peninsula, with its stone villages, tower houses, sea caves and bays, and returns to Kalamata the same day. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the tours you can book, … Read more

Kardamyli Sea Kayaking

Sea kayakers paddling across a shallow turquoise cove beside a pale rocky shore on Kardamyli sea kayaking.

Kardamyli sea kayaking is a guided paddle along the rocky Messinian Mani coast, past coves, sea caves and small beaches between the fishing villages south of Kalamata. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the tours, the start, the coast, the caves, the steps, lunch, the … Read more

Stoupa Tours

Stoupa tours start on the sandy beach of Stoupa in the Messenian Mani

Stoupa tours start in a seaside village of the Messenian Mani in the south-west Peloponnese, on the coast between Kardamyli and Agios Nikolaos below the Taygetos range. The routes cover the beaches of Stoupa and Kalogria, the castle above the village, boat trips and sea kayaking along the Mani coast and the paths of the … Read more

Kardamyli Tours

Kardamyli tours over the coast of Kardamyli and its islet on the Messinian Gulf

Kardamyli tours start in a coastal village of Messinian Mani on the Messinian Gulf, below the slopes of Mount Taygetos, with a fortified tower complex above its old quarter. The routes cover Old Kardamyli and the Mourtzinos tower, the Viros gorge, the paths to the mountain villages, the coast by sea kayak and the house … Read more

Mani Tours

Vathia tower village on its ridge above the sea, Mani, Greece

Mani tours cross the middle peninsula of the southern Peloponnese, a rib of grey limestone where clans built stone towers instead of houses. They take in Areopoli and the harbour of Limeni, the flooded galleries of the Diros caves, the tower village of Vathia, Cape Matapan at the southern tip of the mainland, Gytheio on … Read more

Diros Caves Mani

The lit stalactite galleries of the Vlychada cave at Pyrgos Dirou in Mani

The Diros caves in Mani are the flooded Vlychada galleries at Pyrgos Dirou on the west coast of the peninsula, 12 km south of Areopoli, where a boatman poles visitors 1,200 metres through water halls hung with stalactites before a short walk out. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. This page covers … Read more