2018 Visitors

View from the Kastro taverna

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Interior of the fortress looking north-east

Anchorage off Methoni

Turkish tower from southern gate

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Southern gate

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Artists impression of the fortress from the north

Main entrance

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Lakka in 2018

Lakka in 2018

Pali village and harbour from the east

Pali harbour from the west

Caldera from the Balcony Restaurant, Emborios

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From the Volcanological Museum in Nikia

The volcano

St Stefanos crater from the west

The Porta,

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Emborios

Emborios

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Emborious

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The Porta in reality

Porta, Nikia

Caldera from Nikia

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Black stone beach

Monastery of Panagia Spelianie

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The Town Hall

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Mandraki War Memorial

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Steps to the Monastery of Panagia Spiliani

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Black sand beach onthe west coast. This is at the end of the Mandraki-Pali road.

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The old, abandoned, harbour of Avlaki on the south coast

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Countryside above Avlaki

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Pieces of the jigsaw

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The wall reached 10 metres in places

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Steps up to the top of the wall.

Looking down towards the gate, in the shadow beyond the steps.

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The walls were built on a volcanic cracks in the bedrock

The walls were built with massive stone blocks and filled with rubble.

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Mandraki and the Monastery of Panagia Speliani

Mandraki

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Panorama north towards Yiali

"Windswept and interesting"

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Church on the road to Mandraki

Kastro

The island of Yiali

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Nikia, outside the museum

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Porta, Nikia

Mandraki sea front

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Square outside Mandraki Town Hall

Happily were planned to go on Tuesday anyway !!!!

Last night in Pali

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Altar of Hera, where the Olympic Torch is lit, with the Temple of Her in the background

The Stadium. Seating was not provided, requiring spectators to sit on the banks. Capacity of 30,000 to 40,000

Entrance to the Stadium. Seating was not provided, requiring spectators to sit on the banks. Capacity of 30,000 to 40,000.

Southern facade of the temple of Zeus

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Ruins of the gymnasium where althetes trained before the games

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Trireme Harbour

The front of what used to be the Corinthian Temple

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Fallen carving from the Corinthian Temple

View from the amphitheatre across the old comercial harbour

The Stoa

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Main Street

The Stoa. Numerous small shops and storage spaces beside the temple

Sections of portico from the Stoa

Temple of Dionysos, later converted to a church

The Amphitheatre

Piles of salvaged tiles and pipes

The Round Temple

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Symi port

Symi port

Simi harbour

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Symi port

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Symi Port

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Ormos Marathouda

Ormos Marathouda

Ormos Marathouda

Ormos Marathouda

Ormos Marathouda

Marathouda sunrise

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Ormos Marathouda

The entrance to Ormos Marathouda, leaving before dawn

Sun rise over Symi

Zilda and Sophie. April 2018

Zilda, Sophie and Elliot. April 2018

Arroz e feijão. Si eu estava lá 'Arroz, Feija e Cameron.

Demir, Hande, Sarp and Firat

Adri and Mauro. September 2018.

Marisa. September 2018

Charlie and Ana. September 2018

Charlie and Ana. September 2018

Elliott has mastered looking cool in a boat .....

... and Sophie has the Royal Wave down pat !

Visiting Graeme and Jayne in SCARLETT. May 2018

Under sail, bound for Paradise ...

Valeria standing by to drop the anchor ...

Zeynep. July 2018

Zeynep. July 2018

Adri and Mauro. September 2018.

Adri and Mauro. September 2018.

Charlie and Ana. September 2018

Charlie and Ana. September 2018

Charlie and Ana. September 2018

Charlie and Ana. September 2018

Charlie and Ana Abbott. 17 to 24 September 2018. Argostoli to Sami.

Keith Hilyard and Tracey Bennet. 20 September 2018. Argostoli.

Marisa. 11-18 September 2018. Argostoli.

Mauro and Adriana. 7-10 September 2018. Arostoli, Cephalonia

Demir, Hande, Sarp and Firat

Zeynep Yalcin. Kos and Bodrum. 18-23rd July.

Under sail, bound for Paradise …Lu Viricimo. Kos marina to Kefalos, Greece – 22-25 June 2018.

Zilda, Elliott and Sophie. Roccella Ionica, Italy – 4 April – 12 April 2018.

Sailing south ….

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