Wednesday 5th June 2019

Ancient Messene was the target of our interest today to visit the archaeological ruins of the large classical city-state founded around 370BC.

The route took us 62km north on some of the roads we intend to use when we leave Camping Koroni so it was nice to be able to check their suitability.

Although there is seldom a straight piece of road there should be no problem towing the caravan.

The final twelve or so kilometres were almost all uphill on hairpin bended roads and the views became better and better.

On arrival at the site we parked up in a nice shady spot as the temperatures under the hot sun were increasing rapidly. Continue reading Ancient Messene →