Stone villages with living squares — where the kafeneio is still the centre of the world. Pick a village to see its stays and stories.
Magouliana
The highest village of the Peloponnese, at 1,365 metres, deep in Mainalon’s fir forest.
Valtesiniko
Stone houses gathered around a cliffside monastery, with sweeping views over the Kapsali gorge.
Lagkadia
The hanging village of Gortynia — stone mansions stacked on the slope, home of the master stonemasons.
Stemnitsa
The elegant capital of the Arcadian silversmiths, on the slopes of Mount Mainalon.
Dimitsana
Gunpowder mills, the open-air Water Power Museum and the balcony over the Lousios.
Vasta
A mountain village on the slopes of Lykaion, the trees of Agia Theodora, and the old path down to Isaris.
Kastanitsa
A stone-built Tsakonian village on the slopes of Parnon, with a 14th-century Byzantine castle on the hill above.
