Voidokilia Paradise Beach 🏖️ – Voidokilia Beach loop from Old Navarino Castle

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Voidokilia Paradise Beach 🏖️ – Voidokilia Beach loop from Old Navarino Castle

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Voidokilia Paradise Beach 🏖️ – Voidokilia Beach loop from Old Navarino Castle

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2.99km

110m

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Easy hike. Easily walkable paths.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

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Voidokilia Paradise Beach 🏖️

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Perfectly shaped beach crescent with soft yellow and purple sand. An interesting trail climbs to the Voidokilia castle and to the large Nestor’s Cave. There is a Mycenaean tomb on the cliff.

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Clifftop viewpoint across from Voidokilia Beach 🏖️

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Great steep climb to the church-sized cave (Nestor’s Cave). There is then the option of climbing up to the (unsecured) castle via a steep climb. Great view!

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Nestor's Cave below old Navarino Castle ⛰️🗿

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Tucked along the rocky coastline, Nestor's Cave is steeped in Greek mythology, associated with King Nestor, who featured prominently in Homer's epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Inside, you'll …

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View of Voidokilia Beach from the Old Navarino Castle

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Great view from the castle wall

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Castle Ruins with View of Voidokilia Bay

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The narrow, rocky path, partly secured with ropes, is worth it for the beautiful views of the bay.

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1.57 km

View of Voidokilia Bay and Divari Lagoon

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Spectacular view over the bay and Katafigio Agrias Zois Limni Ntivari
lake. It's a tricky, rocky ascent, but the panorama is worth it.

Birdwatchers can spot a variety of species …

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Voidokilia Beach

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Voidokilia Beach is a crescent-shaped bay, with fine golden sands and crystal-clear waters. It's often considered one of the most beautiful beaches in the Mediterranean as it's nestled within a …

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2.99 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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3.00 km

Surfaces

2.71 km

282 m

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Monday 2 November

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October 7, 2023,Voidokilia Bucht, Nestor-Höhle, Palaiokastro (Old Navarino Castle)

Beautiful hike. From the beautiful sandy beach it goes quite steeply uphill to Nestor's Cave. This is a large cave, clearly visible from afar due to the striking triangular entrance, in which Hermes had hidden the stolen oxen of Helios. Given the enormous dimensions, this is easy to imagine. We continue along a steep path, partly secured with a wire …

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January 8, 2025,Ochsenbauchbucht/Peleponnes 🇬🇷🌤🤩🏖⛰️

Today we went on a short hike along the sandy beach at Ox-belly Bay, which is so named because it looks like the Greek letter Omega. We then continued up to the castle ruins through the sandy dune landscape until the narrow path became rockier and narrower. In some places there were ropes. Sure-footedness was required. From the ruins there …

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