Kardamyli

The village of Kardamyli is the gateway to the Mani Peninsula and its best home base. It's an atypical resort that delicately mixes chic hotels and conscientious travelers with real-world Greece. On Kardamyli's humble main drag, locals-only mom-and-pop shops mingle with trendy tourist boutiques. Visitors can enjoy hiking into the hills, learning about the region's rough-and-tumble history at Old Kardamyli, swimming at the town's Ritsa Beach, and driving deeper into the Mani Peninsula, or just relaxing and tuning in to Kardamyli's low-key ambience.