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Tainaros

Tainaros

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Tainaros

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Location: Lakonia, Greece

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1. Cape Tenaro Lighthouse – Lighthouse Trail — Cape Tenaro loop from Πόρτο Κάγιο

4.11km

01:12

110m

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2. Lighthouse Trail 🗽Cape Tenaro – Cape Tenaro Lighthouse loop from Πόρτο Κάγιο

11.1km

03:23

390m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Tainaros – Cape Tenaro Lighthouse loop from Πόρτο Κάγιο

8.87km

02:38

270m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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🕊️ 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒓

August 28, 2019

Greece's most southern mainland point has had symbolic cultural and strategic military significance for thousands of years. Ruins and traces of human use abound, but the only surviving structure are some crumbling walls of the Death Oracle of Poseidon Tainarios, God of the sea, not just for sailors.
There are many faint traces of ancient houses and port fortifications cut into the rocks still visible. Today the only other inhabitants, particularly in winter, are a few cows. A rough 1 km hiking trail leads to the lighthouse at the tip of the Cape Tenaro, also known as Cape Matapan ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Matapan ), the second southernmost point in mainland Europe (after Cape Tarifa in Spain).

SanDrina

September 3, 2022

Inside the ruins there is a small altar... don't forget the offering 😉

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timm

August 28, 2019

Ruin of a chapel at the Cape

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Tainaros

1. Cape Tenaro Lighthouse – Lighthouse Trail — Cape Tenaro loop from Πόρτο Κάγιο

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