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 ARGOLIS
Nafplion, Argos, Mycenae, Epidavros, Tolo,
Porto Heli
CORINTHIA
Corinth Canal, Ancient Corinthos, Acrocorinth
ARCADIA
Tripolis, Dimitsana, Lagadia, Stemnitsa
LACONIA
Sparti, Mistras, Monemvasia,
Gythio
MESSINIA
Kalamata, Methoni, koroni, Pylos
ILIA
Pyrgos, Zaharo, Kaiafa,
Ancient Olympia
ACHAIA
Patras, Rio, Kalavrita
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Ilia, Peloponnese, Greece, 
ILIA located between Achaia
and Messinia region.
Pyrgos, the capital of Ilia, located 315 KM western of Athens, approximately
3 hours and 45 minutes, driving either via the national highway Athens
- Korinthos - Patras - Pyrgos, or via Korinthos - Tripolis - Pyrgos or
via Korinthos, Tripolis, Megalopolis, Kalamata, Pyrgos.
The western Peloponnese, and particularly the region between
Patras and Kalamata (Messinia), has been generously blessed by Nature.
Ilia is cris-crossed by roads. Each one leads to somewhere
interesting, an ancient temple, a Byzantine monastery, a Frankish castle,
a splendid mountain or an endless beach.
The region is littered with ruins of ancient cities, Byzantine churches
and Medieval castles, of considerable archaeological and historical importance.
The soil is fertile here, the land blessed, the fields
endless. 
Every corner is cultivated with vines, olive groves, corn, wheat, vegetables.
Every place well tended, nothing wild.
It's nice to fall asleep next to a threshing floor or on a sandy beach.
From Pyrgos, the Capital of Ilia, the road forks to the
east, passing across the fertile vale of Olympia. At the far end of this
valley, where the rivers Alpheios and Kladeos flow, at the foot of pine-covered
Kronios hill, lies one of the most notable sanctuaries in the ancient
world, Olympia.
It was at Olympia more than anywhere else that bodily strength
and the intellect were worshipped ('A healthy mind in a healthy body').
It was at Olympia that some of the loveliest love myths of the ancient
Greeks were born, of Alpheios and Arethousa, Apollo and Daphne, Pelops
and Hippodameia, divine and heroic figures associated with the propagation
of vegetation and of life.
On either side of the road linking Patras - Pyrgos and ancient Olympia
are small towns and quaint villages.
The coast is indented with bays and beaches to suit all
tastes, from secluded coves to organized plages with modern conveniences,
as at Katakolo, Aghios Andreas to the west of Pyrgos, Kourouta beach,
Kyllini and Kalogria to the north.
Nafplio
Hotels | Tolo Hotels
| Olympia Hotels | Sparti
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Porto Heli Hotels | Kalamata
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Kalavrita Hotels | Korinhos
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