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Mystras & Sparta — Byzantium and Antiquity in Laconia

A day in Laconia: the Byzantine fortress-town of Mystras, a UNESCO site, and legendary ancient Sparta with its museum, at the foot of Mount Taygetos.
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Stops

  1. The fortress-town of Mystras, the Byzantine 'ghost city', with churches, palaces and 13th-15th-century frescoes.

  2. Ancient Sparta, the legendary militaristic city-state, with its acropolis and the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia.

  3. The Archaeological Museum of Sparta with finds from Laconia, from Mycenaean to Roman times.