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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Laconia

5 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Laconia, Greece

Updated March 18, 2024

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Unusual Attractions in Laconia

Town on Cape Matapan

Laconia, Greece

Cape Matapan Caves

A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.

Dimitrios.

Laconia, Greece

Dimitrios

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

Monument of the Greek War of Independence, “Here Starts Revolution”

Laconia, Greece

Areopolis

This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.

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Vatheia

Laconia, Greece

Vatheia

The historic tower houses of this nearly abandoned Greek town have been compared to the spikes on an iguana's back.

Profitis Ilias peak

Laconia, Greece

Pyramid on Mount Taygetos

The top of the holy mountain for the ancient Spartans looks like a pyramid—is it man-made or a natural phenomenon?

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Sparta, Greece

Magoula Cemetery

Modernist design and funerary customs meet Spartan traditions in this one-of-a-kind graveyard.

7 miles from Laconia

View of the ruins of the byzantine city of Mystras with the church of Pantanassa, only one active, among trees.

Sparta, Greece

Mystras

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

9 miles from Laconia

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