Laconia is all five senses, but it is also a sixth one, too; it is an honorable land, it is lowland , highland and the sea, it is its people, its virtues and its beauties, it is all those things you crave to experience at least once in your lifetime. It is the paradise you can not miss…

It constitutes the southernmost prefecture of the Greek and of course the European mainland. With good reason is it considered a must-go tourist destination thanks to its morphology of land, on one hand, since it ideally combines the mountain and the sea, and to its rich history on the other, as it preserves a wealth of findings from prehistoric times and culture monuments from ancient times until today.

Ancient temples and theatres, monasteries, castles caves, nature reserves, alpine trails, breathtaking beaches, is only but a few of Laconia sights, which bewitch and lure even the most discriminating visitor. Its neighbors are Messenia in the west and Arcadia in the east. Laconia Bay in the south, Messenia Bay in the west and Myrtoo Sea in the east all awash its coastline. Its capital city, playing a leading role in the history of the country for millennia, Sparta, was built following a faultless zoning plan upon location of the ancient town.

 

 

 

 Four boroughs comprise the administration of Laconia: Lacedaemon Borough with its capital Sparta, Gytheion Borough with its capital Gytheio, Epidavrou Limiras with its capital Molaoi, Itilo with its capital Areopolis.

Laconia’s population reaches 100.000 people, a big percentage of which is the “blood donor” of the agricultural economy. Laconia’s land is renowned for its produce, most of all for its olive oil, which is of exceptional quality known worldwide, its citrus produce (oranges, tangerines, lemons), its farm produce (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines), its honey and its wines.

The morphology of its land offers variety to the landscape, enabling the visitor to enjoy tall mountain ranges, such as Taygetos with the highest peak in Peloponnese (2.407m) and Parnon (1.961 m), along with the rich plains around Evrotas River, the rocky coastline of Mani and the sandy expanses in the coastline of southeastern Laconia.

Laconia’s climate is temperate with minor local changes. Hot summers with cooling winds in the highland, mild autumn and winter times, and unique landscape in the spring make up its main characteristics.

 

 

 

 Laconia’s visitor can’t get enough of its natural beauty and its cultural riches. The place’s historical aura permeates the atmosphere giving it a serene ambience which also challenges your senses, making you feel you must delve into the riches of its museums and explore the treasures from ancient, Byzantine or more modern times.

The legendary Sparta, Mystras with its imperial grandeur, Monemvasia with its Castle, the Land of Gods Gytheio, the emerald challenge of Elafonisos, the wild beauties of Laconic Mani, Europe’s last end overland Neapolis, the cornucopia of Evrotas valley, the picturesque villages in Taygetos and Parnon, the Greek fiord in Geraka and the romantic amphitheatre in Kyparissi, make up only but a few of the stopovers in a journey which you will wish to never end. This journey has just begun…