Mystras Castle

In 1249 a strong fortress was built atop the naturally-fortified hill of Myzithra in Laconia. The hill was filled with houses, mansions, palaces, churches, and monasteries. Many of the structures are still standing, and we were able to walk around for a few hours. A monastery is still in use here. A nun pulled Bob and me into a room there and gave us Turkish delite. We did emerge back in the world and not Narnia. The views from this place were incredible. I believe (since I read it on a sign) that we were elevated about 700 meters.

view of the Palace

Palace

inside a church

I apologize for the mass amount of pictures of this place, but I loved it. Climbing around a castle with beautiful landscape views is a great way to spend a Tuesday. Today we went to a castle once again, this time in Monemvasia, which was also fun to climb around, and had nice views, but nothing as gorgeous as yesterday. Prior to the castle, we stopped at a prehistoric excavation site, but there wasn't anything to see because there were tarps over the excavations and fences up.