Rick Steves If you want to get away from it all when traveling in Greece, head for the Peloponnesian Peninsula. Studded with antiquities, this land of ancient Olympia, Corinth, and Sparta offers ...

As the first rays of morning light pierce through the clouds and fall upon these ancient ruins, a fine rain quietly descends. The raindrops fall on stone columns, statues, and crumbling walls, as if ...

The Peloponnese peninsula has its own four peninsulas, and the most westerly, the Messenia, is where luxury hotelier Mandarin ...

However, to get far away from the crowds, Steves has a more rugged suggestion — the Peloponnese Peninsula. On his website, the prolific travel writer says, "With its inviting towns, stunning ...

A small cooperative of 1,200 stock breeders producing feta, Greece's trademark white soft cheese, in the southern Peloponnese ...

Peloponnese also has infinite natural attractions. Its vast indented coast contains unspoilt beaches, coves and caves, plus idyllic villages and towns, such as Stoupa and the upmarket Porto Heli.

Its powerful military elite ruled over nearly four thousand square miles, almost all of the Peloponnesian peninsula. Yet the vast majority of these people were not citizens at all but slaves ...