Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 36 out of 37 hikers
Location: Lakonia, Greece
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887
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4.11km
110m
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5.89km
250m
3.9
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11.1km
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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).
August 28, 2019
Inside the ruins there is a small altar... don't forget the offering 😉
September 3, 2022
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Location: Lakonia, Greece
4.8
(113)
887
01:12
4.11km
110m
4.7
(3)
19
01:53
5.89km
250m
3.9
(11)
73
03:23
11.1km
390m