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Vlychada | Diros Caves | Mani Lakonia | The 100.000 Years Old Shelter of Hippos

Glyfada cave, more than 100K years old and known to locals from the start of the 20th century, hosts many fossilized bones of wild animals.

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Lighthouse of Gythio | Mani Lakonia

The lighthouse of Gythio, one of the oldest and most preserved lighthouses in Greece, was built in 1873 on the Krane islet.

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Taygetos Mountain | Mani Lakonia

Taygetos is a mountain range lying within the prefectures of Arcadia, Lakonia and Messinia, a very popular hiking destination in Greece.

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Gythio Shipwreck "Dimitrios" | Mani Lakonia

This famous shipwreck of a 70 m. cargo ship is located on Valtaki beach near Gythio since 1981.

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Towers | Mani Lakonia

Buildings constructed by and for powerful people of Mani only for defense, inhabited only in case of danger.

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Oitylo Village | Mani Lakonia

Oitylo is a village of the municipality of East Mani, one of the oldest villages of the area.

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Cape Tainaro | Mani Lakonia | A Southern Edge of Mainland Europe

Cape Tenaro is the southest point of the Greek mainland and the second southest of the European mainland.

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Vathia Traditional Abandoned Village | Mani Lakonia

Vathia is an abandoned village of Lakoniki Mani famous for its towers, an example of the south Maniat architecture of the 19th century.