Greece is the cradle of civilisation, and the Peloponnese is the cradle of Greece: Olympia is here, so are the mountains of Arcadia and Homer's Mycenae. But Bradt's "Greece: The Peloponnese" also embraces the living world: the traditional panagyria (village festivals) and the people who still embody[...]

Messinia, a province in the south-west corner of the Peloponnese, is a distinctive area, but also contains all the aspects that have made travellers fall in love with Greece for thousands of years. Describing the better known towns and resorts, this book also points towards off the beaten track high[...]