Luxury Peloponnese Holidays

Anciently referred to as Moreas as its outline resembles a mulberry leaf, the Peloponnese is culturally rich and naturally beautiful. Separated from mainland Greece by the Corinth canal, this southern peninsula boasts a delightful coastline and an interior of soaring mountains, deep gorges, green valleys and wild flower meadows.

Although technically an island, similar to other land masses disconnected from their host country by only a man-made waterway, the Peloponnese, separated by the Corinth Canal, is a beautiful, unspoilt peninsula just south of the mainland and plays host to best that Greece has to offer. Ancient sites include the Homeric palaces of Agamemnon at Mycenae and Nestor at Pylos, the best preserved Greek theatres at Epidaurus, and the lush sanctuary of Olympia; host to the Olympic Games for a millennium. Medieval sites include the fabulous Venetian, Frankish and Turkish castles of Naffplio, Methoni and ancient Corinth, the battle towers and frescoed churches of Mani, plus the well-preserved Byzantine enclaves of Mystra and Monevasia.