Peloponnese holiday in Greece, Mani & Laconia

Planet

The philosophy behind all our trips is : we care - we share - we love! That means that we do our best to preserve our nature and environment.
On this tour we will visit Laconia, the southernmost part of the Peloponnese, which is a beautifully varied prefecture and almost like a small country by itself. Bounded by the Taygetus mountain range to the west, it has many fertile plains and citrus groves and is surrounded by pristine beaches around its two peninsulas. Taygetus is the highest and most majestic mountain in the region. The beaches of Laconia are mostly wild and without amenities but beloved to nature lovers. The island of Elafonisos, which resembles an exotic island, is full of clear waters and sandy beaches, so on this small group guided tour we will visit the foothills of the Taygetus mountain, the clean beaches of Laconia, as well as the island of Elafonisos. Their presence is of utmost importance for the ecology of the Southern Peloponnese. This is a great opportunity for our guests to show their respect to the beautiful environment. So we recommend them not to throw away garbage, not to cut flowers and branches from trees, not to mess the sea and the coast with rubbish.
The hotel we will stay in Gytheio is built next to the beach. Here, our visitors can feel free to take a walk across the coastline, go to the beach and enjoy a swim in the crystal waters of the sea or have some fun on the coast. However, we always give our travelers a fabric bag as an arrival gift, which they can use throughout the journey which helps cut down on plastics. We suggest to our friends to say no to plastic bags, so they can use the eco bag during the tour to put their water and souvenirs in. At the end of the tour, they can take the bag home as a remembrance of the journey.
We will also visit the unique wild Mani, which is famous for its traditional settlements full of old stone houses. Here we usually stay in small hotels, which are old buildings renovated with local material and the famous stone of Mani. We always recommend our visitors to respect our traditional settlements.
Tourism has the capacity to have a great impact on the whole planet and on the environment as well. Our goal is to make this impact as positive as possible!

People

On all our tours, we do our best to help local communities and their inhabitants.
All our trips are designed and planned with locals in mind. We want our guests to meet and talk with our local friends and experience their amazing home grown food, their excellent wine and visit their beautiful local shops. That's the reason behind our preference in family taverns, where the local owners cook with goods from the agricaltural and livestock production of their region.
On this small group guided tour, our guests will enjoy a seafood experience in Gytheio. They will have the opportunity to taste an excellent meal in Panagioti's coastal restaurant. Here Panagiotis offers one of the best seafood gastronomic experiences in the Peloponnese in a pleasant ambient by the sea where our friends will have a unique tasty experience of fresh seafood dishes and an amazing local wine. They will also meet the polite owner who will excite them with his passion for cooking. They will also visit the wooden oven of Mrs Militsa in Areopolis where they will buy traditional pies, bread and nuts. They will also visit a local winery in Monemvasia where the owners will show them all the secrets of their vineyards.
We care about all the Peloponnesian communities we visit and we recommend local handicraft shops to our travelers so that their holiday spendings contribute to the economic development of the region.
We try to share with our guests the information needed so that they can understand the communities they visit and create valuable opportunities for them to mingle and exchange thoughts with local people. We always for example, advise our guests to interact with the local people, get involved in their traditional feasts, taste delicacies from small stores and buy desserts and bread from local bakeries.
Working with local communities has strengthened our relationship with many small business and has allowed us to provide this interactive and immersive trip in Greece. This is the way to be a traveler and not a tourist! This is the right way to travel!