INTRODUCTION
Through a combination of work commitments and still having large numbers of photos to edit it has been a while since I posted, so just to remind people I was in Greece from May 12th to May 19th, and have so far produced five posts relating to that holiday:
- Aperiftif – setting the scene for subseqent posts going into more detail about the holiday and various aspects thereof.
- Days 1-2 – covering the start of the holiday
- The Journey to Methoni – covering the start of the first of the two major excursions.
- Methoni Castle – covering the castle other than the Bourzti of Methoni.
- The Bourtzi of Methoni – covering the Bourtzi.
A VERY ANCIENT SITE
Whereas nothing at Methoni is above 800 years old, and most of it is around half that age (making it a youngster in terms of Greek sites) Nestor’s Palace at Pylos (about 15 kilometres from the modern town of that name) was in its pomp 3,300 years ago or thereabouts, which means that even by Greek standards it counts as old (although Gortyn on the island of Crete is about twice as old as even this). In an effort to preserve these remains a shelter has been built around the site, and part of this structure is a raised walkway from which visitors view the site – no walking round at ground level these days.
NESTOR’S PALACE IN PICTURES
It is now time for the combination of my camera and photo-editing skills to take over and give you a virtual tour of Nestor’s Palace…
SEA VIEWS FROM THE PALACE
Here are my remaining sea views from the palace itself…
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