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Unusual Attractions in Laconia

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.

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.

Laconia, Greece

Vatheia

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

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Magoula, Greece

Magoula Cemetery

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

7 miles from Laconia

Mystras

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

9 miles from Laconia

Lakonia, Greece

Dimitrios

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

16 miles from Laconia

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Kalograion Monastery Silk Weaving

The nuns here cultivate silk to weave some of the finest scarves in the world.

22 miles from Laconia

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