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Monemvasia — The Castle-Town on the Rock

A day in the 'Gibraltar of the East': the Byzantine castle-town of Monemvasia, built on an imposing sea-girt rock, crowned by the church of Agia Sophia.
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Stops

  1. The castle-town of Monemvasia with its cobbled lanes, Byzantine churches and the mansions of the lower and upper town.

  2. Agia Sophia in the upper town, a 12th-century Byzantine church at the cliff's edge, with stunning sea views.

  3. The Archaeological Collection of Monemvasia, housed in a former mosque, with finds from the medieval town's heyday.