Easter at Gerakas
Exploring Monemvasia Sailing Holidays area
Easter is celebrated with a feast.
- Visit Site
- Date: Easter
Navigational Aids
At the end of the gorge Palloungeri, beautiful beach with small pebbles and crystal clear waters, the scenery is amazing. Although not organized it will reward you.
Beautiful beach with small pebbles (white and black and with a little sand) and crystal clear waters. Located between the two settlements Paralia and Metropolis.
Located at the town of Metropolis. Crystal clear and deep blue water, sand and pebbled beach, quite cold and unorganized.
Deserted pebbled beach opposite the island Daskaleio. The beach is located near the village of Ariana.
Located about 12 km north of Neapolis. A quiet, secluded beach, on the road from Gytheion to Neapolis.
Heading to Athens at 3 kilometers descend right on the beach of Pori. On the beach there are trees and other trees that offer shade at midday.
Heading South to Xifias to 6 km is the beach Ambelakia turn tricks before and after. The beach Ambelakia has sand and fine pebbles, ideal for swimming in the clear waters and for the game and relax on the sandy coast.
Heading to Athens about 6 km if you turn left towards Agios Ioannis and Geraki follow the signs to Epidaurus Limiras and will reach the sea in Kastraki, there is the beach of Kastraki. This is a great and pure beach full of sand and very small pebbles.
In the village of Monemvasia is the beach of Kakavos. On one side is a rocky bay, ideal for diving , while the other side continues with white and shiny pebbles and hospitality area with sunbeds and umbrellas for swimming and sunbathing.
On the way to the castle of Monemvasia is the Kourkoulas, a sheltered harbor which usually resembles a swimming pool and is protected by 3 points, ideal for swimming. With the help of small stairs, immediately immerse in cool and clear water next to you having the imposing rock towers.
Inside the castle, at the end of the Lower Town and then the walls follow the signs to the castle, located in Portello. The output is a Portelo down the walls that leads to a narrow strip of rock, but also a unique experience of swimming and literally in the shadow of the castle of Monemvasia.
Leaving Monemvasia and heading to the village of Kastella, after Agia Paraskevi is the beach of Agia Thekla. It is a pure beach sand and very small pebbles.
The settlement Kastella, a wide beach that stretches down a long hill with great views. The Kastela is a beach sand along with small pebbles and clear waters for the eagerly waiting summer divers.
The Megali Ammos is the central and largest beach. Beautiful pebbled beach with crystal clear waters.
Gerakas is a small, medieval village built on a natural harbour surrounded by steep hills, where the sea runs inland creating Greece’s only fiord. In ancient times, the entrance to the harbour was known as Porto Cadena (Chain), because of the chain that was used to close off the entrance to the harbour.
The Byzantine fortress town of Monemvasia, known as the “stone ship” is situated on the southeastern coast of Laconia, ready to travel the visitors on a historic journey back to time. Castles, walls, old mansions, narrow lanes, churches, imperial marble thrones and Byzantine icons give the impression of a town untouched by the time.