MANI - GREECE
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Euphorbia near Trachila, Messinian Mani, Greece..
Looking south down the Messinian coast of the Outer Mani on a misty morning with the prominent mound of Stoupa's ancient acropolis in the middle distance.
Palm Sunday procession, priest and villagers tour the the village of Proastio, in the Outer Mani, Messinia, Greece.
Ruined chapel, near Proastio, Outer Mani, Southern Greece.
Goats in the olive grove, Proastio, Messinian Mani, Greece..
A beekeeper inspecting his hives. Surrounded by wild flowers. Near Flomochori in the Deep Mani, Peloponnese, Greece
Sunlight on the Messinian Gulf near Langada in The Mani, Pelopnnese, Greece.
Looking south from above Milea in the Outer Mani, along the central backbone of the Taygetos Mountains.
local festival, at Kastania in the outer Mani, Southern Peloponnese, Greece.
Proastio, near Kardamyli in the Outer Mani, Southern Peloponnese, Greece.
Painted lane, Kastania, Messinian Mani, Greece.
Exochori, Messinian Mani, Greece.
Looking south from Anina Hill, across the Taygetos mountains towards Zizali and the Deep Mani, Peloponnese, Greece.
In the village of Proastio in the Outer Mani.
In the village of Trahila, in the Outer Mani, Southern Peloponnese, Greece.
A beekeeper inspecting his hives, Inner Mani, Peloponnese, Greece.
In the Karion Gorge, high in the Taygetos mountains, Outer Mani, Southern Peloponnese, Greece.
Ruins of the 10th cent. Byzantine church of Agia Asomati above Pepo in the Deep Mani, Southern Peloponnese, Greece.
traditional stone houses in the village of Proastio, near Kardamyli in the Outer Mani, Southern Peloponnese, Greece.
Proastio, near Kardamyli in the Outer Mani, Southern Peloponnese, Greece.
Spring wild flowers amongst the Kalamata olive groves in the Outer Mani, with the Taygetus mountains in the background, Messinian Mani, Southern Peloponnese, Greece.
Ayios Nikolaos, in The Outer Mani, Southern Peloponnese, Greece.
The Mani coastline from Proastio to Trachila.
Autumn in the Taygetos mountains looking south toward the Deep Mani with Cavo Grosso in the distance, from above Kastania in the Outer Mani, Southern Peloponnese, Greece.
Cafeneo in the village of, Exohori in the Outer Mani, Peloponnese, Greece.
The 13th century Byzantine church of Odigitria, known locally as Agitria, near the village of Stavri in the Deep Mani.
Harvesting Kalamata olives at Proastio in the Outer Mani, Messinia, Southern Peloponnese, Greece.
Georgos Olive press, one of the oldest in the Mani, Proastio, Messinian Mani, Southern Greece.
Dry stone walls and barren hills, looking towards Boulari from near Gerolimenas in the Deep Mani.
villagers chatting in the evening light in the Outer Mani village of Langada, in the foothills of the Taygetos mountains, Southern Peloponnese, Greece
Ruined chapel and Spring flowers, Proastio, Messinia, Greece.
Palm Sunday procession around the village of Proastio, in the Outer Mani.
Autumn in the Viros Gorge near Exochori in the Taygetos mountains, Outer Mani.
Cats in the fishing village of Trahila, in the Outer Mani, Southern Peloponnese, Greece.
Sunset across Itylo bay and the Messinian Gulf from Limeni.
Bark on an ancient Scots pine in the Taygetos mountains Peloponnese, Greece.
Mid 18th cen. frescoes cover the interior of the 13th cen. church of Agios Nikolaos in the villagae of Proastio, Outer Mani, Greece.
A fishing boat heads down the Messinian Gulf, at sunset, past Kardamyli.
Water running in the bottom of the Pigadia gorge has cut deep into the rock revealing its veined and patterned structure. Taygetos mountains, Outer Mani, Peloponnese, Greece.
Rocks worn by winter rain and snow melt reveal their veined structure, in the Karion Gorge, deep in the Taygetus mountains, Outer Mani, Southern Peloponnese, Greece.
Itinerant chair rushers, Proastio, Outer Mani, Peloponnese, Greece..
Proastio in the Outer Mani, Peloponnese, Greece.
Woman dancing at a Panayiri, a local festival celebrating the name day of the patron saint of the village church, Proastio, Outer Mani, Southern Peloponnese, Greece.
A fisherman with his catch in the harbour of Porto Kagio, in the deep Mani, Southern Peloponnese, Greece.
Boiling chestnuts at the chestnut festival, held on the last weekend in October, at Arna on the slopes of the Taygetos mountains, Lakonia, Peloponnese, Greece.
Knitting purses in the shade, in the Outer Mani Village of Kastania.
The pyramid of Profitis Ilias, the highest peak in the Taygetos range, seen from the Musgia ridge in the Outer Mani, Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece.
Greek orthodox christening in the village of Proastio in the Outer Mani, Southern Peloponnese, Greece.
Boy and priest dancing at a Panayiri, a local festival celebrating name day, of the patron saint of the village church, Proastio, in the outer Mani, Southern Peloponnese, Greece.
Easter procession, priest and villagers carry the Epitaphios around the village of Proastio at night, Outer Mani, Southern Greece.
