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Updated: April 16, 2005

Pylos is a small town, with about 3.000 inhabitants, in the Southwest part of the Peloponnese. It is built in the natural bay of Navarino, that is protected by the island of Sfaktiria. It is 52 km from Kalamata, the capital of Messinia. One can get here following the route from Patras (216 km) driving through Patras-Pyrgos-Kyparissia, a seaside route for the most part. or inland from Athens (305 km.) through Korinth-Artemisio-Tripoli-megalopoli-Kalamata.

All roads are for the larger part highways, except the route from Kalamata to Pylos, which is ordinary national road.

The Municipality of Pylos includes, besides the town of Pylos, he villages Elaiofyto, Shoinolaka and Gialova. Pylos was built based to plans by the Officers of the French general Maison, in 1828.

A special trait of Pylos, other than its spectacular amphitheatrical layout that offers an exceptional iew of the town and the island of Sfaktiria as the traveller descents towards the port, is the Three Admirals Square, in the centre of the town with its impressing sycamore trees.

Pylos is the birth town of Kostis Tsiklitiras, the Greek Olympic Games winner in the V Olympic Games held in Stocholm ιν 1912. His house is still standing even though in a bad condition and is now the property of the Municipality of Pylos, bought from the National Bank of Greece. The Municipality plans to have it restore and used as a cultural centre.

The Antonopouleion Museum of Pylos is at a short distance from the main square, and a few minutes away, the castle, also accessible through a small path that takes you from the waterfront uphill.