Arcadia is a region in the central and eastern part of the Peloponnese, Greece.
Regions
Kynouria — The coastal region of Arcadia
Cities
- Ano Doliana 📍 — A stone-built traditional settlement at an elevation of 1000 meters.
- Astros 📍 — A town with a small harbor on the Argolic Gulf.
- Dimitsana 📍 — A stone-built village with remarkable mansions, set on a mountain slope at an elevation of 950 meters.
- Karytaina 📍 — A medieval town and a protected traditional settlement known as the "Greek Toledo".
- Langadia 📍 — A traditional settlement at about 1000 m elevation, known in Greece as the "Hanging Village" (kremasto chorio).
- Stemnitsa 📍 — One of the most beautiful villages in Arcadia
- Tripoli (Greece) 📍 — Arcadia’s capital and main transportation hub at the center of the Peloponnese.
- Tyros (Greece) 📍 — A popular vacation spot for inhabitants of Tripoli and other parts of Greece.
- Zygovisti 📍 — At 1160 m elevation, Zygovisti is one of the highest villages in Greece.
Other destinations
- Lousios Gorge 📍 — A deep, narrow gorge popular amongst hikers.
- Mantineia 📍 — An ancient city that was the site of two significant battles in Classical Greek history.
- Orchomenus, Arcadia 📍 — Vestiges of one of the most powerful cities in ancient times mentioned by Homer, Strabo and Ovid.
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