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Beaches Arkadia stretches over an area of 4,418 square kilometres, with high snowy mountains -Mainalo (1,935m), Parnon (1,935 m), Saita (1,812m), Skiathio (1,800m)- covered in shady forests of pine, fir and chestnut. There are grazing lands and cultivated areas where a variety of crops are grown. Mt Mainalo has an excellent skiing centre, yet not far to the east are the sunny beaches of Kynouria. In Arkadia, nature has been tireless in providing alternation in the landscape. The same is true of the climate: it is mildest along the superb coastline at Astros, near attractive Leonidio, and at Tyros, but it becomes more continental as we move towards the mountainous centre of the Prefecture. There is heavy rain and frequent snow in winter, and Tripoli, the capital of the Prefecture, enjoys the lowest temperatures in the whole of the Peloponnese. After Kiveri, the coastal road from the Argolid continues to the south to Paralio Astros, a charming resort village with, at Nisi, the ruins of a Venetian castle. The main road continues south west and soon enters Astros. Soon, after leaving Astros, the road south comes to a fork. The left turning takes us to the pretty village of Oreini Meligou, on the thickly-forested slopes of Mt Parnon. It also leads to Lake Moustos, and a spring whose water is supposed to be good for sufferers from rheumatism and arthritis. The other fork leads south east to Korakovouni, which hides the ruins of a Venetian castle among its plane trees. The village of Ayios Andreas, further to the south, is also pretty, and we can descend east from there to its beach, Paralia Ayiou Andrea, amongst olive trees, orange trees and lemon trees. The road carries on to the south, beside the sea. From the pretty village of Paralia Tyros a minor road to the right (west) leads up the hill to Tyros, which preserves the name of an ancient city. The villages of Sapounakeika, Pera Melana and Pragmatefti lie beside the sea, after which the road follows the fine Sambatiki coast as far as the turning to the west into Leonidi. Leonidi is closed in on three sides by mountains, the fourth side being open in the direction of the sea. There are a few bridges linking the houses on the two sides of the riverbed. The road leads east for 4 km before coming to Plaka, a fine and extensive beach. In the surrounding countryside, the visitor will be impressed by the imposing sites of the monasteries of Elona (of Our Lady, at the base of a cliff) and Sintzas (to St Nicholas). The hinterland is rich in game and the sea ideal for spearfishing. At a point 14 kilometers south of Tripoli, after the village of Rizes, the minor road divides. The right (eastward) branch leads to the villages of Ayia Sophia, Prosilia, Ano Doliana and the town of Astros. This is the shortest way to the sea. Longer, but much more interesting, is the left branch (to the south east), which climbs round bends and branches off at 22 kilometers from Tripoli to the attractive village of Kato Doliana, famous in the Greek War of Independence of 1821. top
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