The 2-day private tour to Sparta and Monemvasia from Athens adds Mystras, Nemea, the Mani and Gytheio to the city of King Leonidas and the rock town on the sea. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover what the tour to Sparta and Monemvasia includes, the … Read more
The private 3-day tour to Corinth, Sparta and Mystras from Athens adds Mycenae, Epidaurus, Nafplio and Monemvasia with a personal driver-guide. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover what the 3-day tour to Corinth includes, the canal, Ancient Corinth, Mycenae, Epidaurus, Nafplio, Sparta, Mystras, Monemvasia, season … Read more
The private 2-day Sparta, Mystras and Monemvasia tour from Athens joins the ruins of ancient Sparta, the Byzantine city of Mystras and the medieval town of Monemvasia. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover what the Mystras and Monemvasia tour includes, the route, Sparta, the churches … Read more
The private 3-day trip to Sparta from Athens adds a night in Monemvasia, the Byzantine town of Mystras and a boat ride through the Diros water caves. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover what the 3-day trip to Sparta includes, Sparta, Mystras, Monemvasia, Malvasia wine, … Read more
A Mystras day trip from Nafplio drives south through Arcadia to the Byzantine city of Mystras on a foothill of Mount Taygetos, above modern Sparti, and returns the same evening. 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
A Sparta day trip from Kalamata crosses Mount Taygetos from Messenia into Laconia for the acropolis of ancient Sparta, the Leonidas statue and the Evrotas valley, and returns the same evening. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the tours you can book, the route, the … Read more
A Mystras day trip from Kalamata crosses Mount Taygetos by the Langada pass to the Byzantine ghost town of Mystras above Sparta, and returns to the Messenian coast the same day. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the tours you can book, the mountain road, … Read more
A Mystras day trip from Athens is a full-day excursion by road from the capital to the Byzantine ghost city of Mystras, on the slope of Mount Taygetos above Sparta. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the tours you can book, the route past the … Read more
A Sparta day trip is a one-day tour to Sparti in Laconia, in the southern Peloponnese, from Athens or Kalamata, with the ruins of ancient Sparta, the Leonidas statue, the Archaeological Museum and, on longer routes, the Byzantine town of Mystras. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections … Read more
Menelaus stands in Greek myth as the king of Sparta and the younger brother of Agamemnon, the great king of Mycenae. Both were sons of Atreus, raised within a cursed royal line whose seat was the citadel above the plain of Argos. Menelaus married Helen, named the most beautiful woman in the world, and ruled … Read more