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Traditional stone building, 10m from the sea and just 100m from the Castle's Bridge. It has verandas and balconies with black metal railing and wooden ceilings. Our rooms are big, comfortable, modern, with wooden furniture. They offer WC, hot water all day long, heating, air-conditioning, television and refrigerator. All rooms have verandas with a view of the sea. Monemvasia is located on the SE part of Lakonia, Peloponnisos. It is 4 hours away from Athens by car, 90 minutes from Mani and Tyro, 80 minutes from Mistras and 93km from Sparta. It is appropriate for excursions of many days. Monemvasia has a market and bars, restaurants, taverns and generally plenty of fresh fish. At the village of Ai-Yiannis you can taste the traditional macaroni (goglies), the roasts on coal, the good olive oil and our well-known honey. The poet Ritsos' stone ship' stoically stands on the southern tip of Laconia ready to take you on a fanciful voyage through time and history. Monemvasia its formal name, Monemvasia its poetic version, Monemvasia to the locals, Malvouazi to the Franks and Malmsy to the English. No matter how it is named this beautiful seaside village got its name because the castle had only one entrance (moni emvasi'.
