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Diros Cave, part of an underground river and located around 15 Km south of Areopoli, can be accessed at a length of 5 Km by small boats.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gythio is a beautiful town (the largest) of Mani Lakonia. Until the 4th century AD, it used to be the port of ancient Sparta.

Areopoli is the town of Mani Lakonia where the Greek War of Independence against the Ottomans started in 1821 by Petros Mavromichalis.

Evrotas is the main river of Lakonia and one of the major rivers of Peloponnese.

Lupin beans are yellow beans, traditionally eaten as pickled snack food.