The Mani Peninsula is a region in the southernmost part of the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece. It is known for its rugged landscape, traditional stone towers, and beautiful beaches. The Mani region ...

When British writer Patrick Leigh Fermor wrote Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese about his exploration, along with his wife Joan, of Greece’s Deep Mani region in 1951, he could never have ...

It isn’t easy to travel through Mani. The region is reputedly rough and wild, according to our guidebook, and as any Greek person will tell you, so are its people. The Maniots claim to be the only ...

I am looking for the gates to Hades, but have overshot the turn. Somewhere below is the cave from which Heracles dragged the fearsome three-headed dog Cerberus into daylight so bright its slobber ...

A mountainous region in the far south of Greece, the Mani Peninsula has had a “world’s edge” reputation since the earliest days of civilisation. One way to explore and get a sense of its rugged beauty ...