{"id":807,"date":"2016-12-15T10:31:38","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T17:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/?p=807"},"modified":"2016-12-15T10:31:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T17:31:38","slug":"monemvesia-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/?p=807","title":{"rendered":"Monemvesia, Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monemvasia is worth the effort to see. \u00a0The island is quite “Gibraltar-like.” \u00a0It is one big rock off the east coast of Peloponnese, in Greece and linked to the mainland by a short causeway. \u00a0It is tiny. \u00a0Only 300 meters wide and a kilometer long. \u00a0The walled town is remarkably romantic. \u00a0It is a living museum of Byzantine, Ottoman, and Venetian history dating back to the 13th century.<\/p>\n

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Upon my approach. \u00a0Maarku’s yacht was small enough this time so that we were not required to moor, but instead could dock and walk ashore.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The walled little town shot from Maaku’s vessel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Local
Local hotel. \u00a0The landscaping needed some attention, but the place looked charming.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cannon
This little village is a walled city dating back some 700 years. \u00a0The site of a powerful medieval fortress. \u00a0The towns walls and many Byzantine churches remain from that period.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Walled
Walled city battlement.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Restaurant
Really quaint Restaurants dot the labyrinth of narrow streets here. \u00a0We chose to eat and drink our way through this town, stopping to enjoy a bite and a beverage at about a half dozen or so places.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Seaside
Seaside view. Again, unless you are traveling by boat, this little gem is a difficult place to access. \u00a0That said, it is worth the effort and once you are here you’ll agree. \u00a0Maarku is great at finding these really interesting and off the beaten path places. \u00a0 But he should be as this part of the world is his home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Aerial shot of the island. \u00a0Easy to see the western facing walled town.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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One of the beaches seen upon our departure. \u00a0Once back on board we yet again enjoyed some more Greek beer as our cook prepared an awesome dinner of local fish. \u00a0So fortunate to have been able to rendezvous in the Greek Isles with my old friend Maarku. \u00a0And I am much obliged for his hospitality, not to mention being able to share his ocean vessel all this time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We are not sure where we are headed next but the weather is still good, so stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monemvasia is worth the effort to see. \u00a0The island is quite “Gibraltar-like.” \u00a0It is one big rock off the east coast of Peloponnese, in Greece and linked to the mainland by a short causeway. \u00a0It is tiny. \u00a0Only 300 meters wide and a kilometer long. \u00a0The walled town is remarkably romantic. \u00a0It is a living … Continue reading Monemvesia, Greece<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=807"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":833,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807\/revisions\/833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}