welcome to the ancient city of Messine
this is incredible it's an hour and a half from Costa Navarino in the
Peloponnese region of Greece. Messene is a 3,000 year old city where you
can explore the stadium theater all the baths and mosaics
it has 9 kilometers of thick ancient walls around it and some are still
standing today
unlike other ruins we've been to in Greece
this one is nearly deserted
we have a place all to ourselves
Methoni Castle dates back to the 4th century BC but it has changed hands many
times between the Turks, Venetians and Greeks.
The star attraction is definitely
walking out to the small islet of 40 to see the stone octagonal fortress and we
We are in Costa Navarino and we're taking a cooking class with Loola and Anna to
learn how about some traditional Greek cusine
I am so excited I can't wait
to make it and then eat it
smell-o-vision you need it
I can tell you how to make that now
I am making that
when I get home
Yamas!
it's an incredible view up here just outside of Navarino looking at the beach
if you do come here make sure that you do a cycling tour with Navarino outdoors
and then you get this awesome food and picnic with K Food Stories really
authentic Greek food and it is delicious
Off to the first village
How was it Dave?
it was tough was on a gravel road because mainly tough because we're
seriously out of shape
this is hard
We're going way up and I'm way out of shape
but it was really steep it's about 500 meters I'm impressed because our guide
Simon did it all the way up.
He had all our camera gear
in his buggy so that was impressive
it was
but the most impressive thing is getting up here
seeing this beautiful view
and man it's time for some lunch up here
we have a picnic
this is amazing unless you have this great view
but this is a total feast
they'll probably never be able to eat it all
Or maybe I will
we stayed at the Westin Costa Navarino resort which was the dream of
captain Vasilis a local of the area and it was his dream to promote the region
of Messinia, while protecting and preserving both nature and culture of
the area
it's now a leading example of sustainable tourism
and environmental
protection in the Mediterranean
This is the life.
the water density in here is the same
as the Dead Sea so I'm just floating