Areopoli

Limeni, port of Areopolis, is a historic place, home of the prominent family of Mavromichalis,  is admittedly one of the most beautiful residential complexes of Laconic Mani.

A pack of sea turtles reportedly launched an attack on some 40 swimmers in the Limeni region of Mani, southern Greece, Thursday.
The injured swimmers were sent to a medical center in Aeropoli to undergo examinations and receive antibiotics as sea turtles are known to be carriers of salmonella bacteria.

US Ambassador in Athens Geoffrey Pyatt is recovering from a serious bicycle accident he suffered on Friday in the southern Peloponnese, with reports speaking of bone fractures in both his legs.

Skai radio reported that during an excursion to Mani, Pyatt lost control of his bicycle under conditions yet to be determined, to injure his legs.

The eponymous Mani region of extreme southern Greece has long been considered what British author John Fowles once referred to as “Wild Greece”. The rugged and sparsely populated region is roughly divided between two prefectures, Messinia and Laconia, which in antiquity was the home of Sparta.