Mount Parnon, Arcadia: Chestnut Villages to the Sea

Our Arcadia, Our Hospitality

Where the red cliffs run down to meet the sea.

Parnon is Arcadia’s eastern spine — a hundred kilometres of ridge running from Tegea down toward the Myrtoan Sea, its slopes thick with chestnut forests and stone villages that watch the coast from a thousand metres up.

Kosmas sits at the top of it, Kastanitsa in its chestnut woods, and the ruins of Prastos — once the capital of Tsakonia — halfway down. Below, Leonidio and Paralio Astros are where the mountain finally reaches the water.

"Arcadia is not simply a geographical destination,
it is a way of life and a universal symbol of serenity.

What every Arcadia experience shares

Not staged for visitors — this is how Parnon actually works

Living, not staged — the loom, the forge and the mill are still worked, not museum re-enactments.
People before postcards — every activity connects back to a member, a school, a village association.
Four seasons, many villages — gravel in spring, festivals in summer, monasteries and mills year-round.
Certified, waymarked ground — the same trail network that connects our stays connects our activities.