What to do and see in Peloponnese, Greece: The Best Specialty Museums

Our long tradition and involvement with apiculture led our new firm Ermionis to the construction of a building where we would keep and exhibit all the old apiculture tools. The building, which is now the Honey and Bee Museum of the region, matches the architecture of the old houses in Kranidi, made of stone and reed on its roof, and it is in full accordance with the natural context of the land. The owner, Kosmas Bairaktaris, has preserved all the objects himself, has designed and created the glass beehives, all of which can give the visitor the chance to observe how the bees work. The museum is open daily 10 am to 2 pm. In our farm there is and olive oil museum, too!

The Victoria G. Karelias Collection of greek traditional costumes was created, initially as a private collection, by the founding member and long-standing president of the Lyceum Club of Greek Women of Kalamata, V. Karelias. The collection comprises a large number of complete outfits, as worn by women and men, from all regions of Greece.

The Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil, in Sparta (Peloponnese), transports you to the culture, history and technology of the olive and olive oil production in the Greek realm, from prehistoric times to the early 20th century. The Museum's objective is to highlight the ineffable relation of the olive with the identity of our country and, more generally, the Mediterranean basin. The olive and olive oil are presented here from different optical angles: the economy, nutrition and the olive's uses, religious worship, art and technology. The Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil offers you the opportunity to see the very first testimonies about the presence of the olive tree and the production of olive oil in Greece: Rare fossilized olive leaves, 50,000-60,000 years old, from the island of Santorini, the oldest findings offering proof of the presence of the olive tree en Greece Linear B Tablets of the 14th century BC (exact replicas), with the first written testimonies about the olive and olive oil.

Karonis Ioannis Distillery

The Open-Air Water Power Museum, in Dimitsana (Peloponnese), highlights the importance of water-power in traditional society. Focusing on the main pre-industrial techniques that take advantage of water to produce a variety of goods, it links them to the history and daily life of the local society over the ages.

The museum aims at raising the public’s ecological awarenessand preserving the knowledge relating to the region’s traditionaltechnology. It constitutes an important instrument towards cultivating environmental consciousness in the people, as well as a powerful cultural point of attraction for those visiting the wider area of the Corinth Prefecture-Greece.It is located, there where, according to mythology, Hercules confronted and slew the Stymphalian birds.

Our Story: The old water mill was built and operated before 1850.It is the 10th watermill of a series of mills that operated with the same water. Gradually the mills were abandoned , except the "Old watermill", that worked until 1974 In the past, access to the area was difficult and was only by horse. For this reason, the watermill was chosen as the headquarters of the resistance against the occupation 1941-1944 and EAM rebels after liberation. The watermill many years before the war and until 1945 was a tavern.The mill was declared a monument as requested by the 26th DAC Kalamata and from Western Greece Modern Monuments Service. The reconstruction was carried out with absolute respect for the old building.The watermill works like old times, it grinds wheat by water power Today the visitor can make purchases from the small shop where products are of top quality and beauty.Enjoy a coffee or drink in the cafe area. Or take a stroll in the beautiful gardens with lemon and orange trees