Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Peloponnese Region
Detourmap lists 106 places in Peloponnese Region, Greece, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: Sparta. 67 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 106
- Oldest
- Franchthi Cave 38000 BC
- Little known
- 67 of 106
- Share of Greece
- 12%
Peloponnese Region 106
All 106, best known first.
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6.Sicyon
Archaeological · 20th century BC · Renowned
Ancient Greek city state Sicyon situated in the northern Peloponnesus
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13.Temple of Apollo Epicurius in Bassae
Archaeological · 5th century BC · Notable
Ancient temple in Peloponnese, Greece
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14.Treasury of Atreus
Archaeological · Notable
"tholos" tomb located on the Panagitsa Hill at Mycenae, Greece, that dates ca.1250 BC
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19.Diolkos
Archaeological · 6th century BC · Notable
Paved trackway in Ancient Greece which enabled boats to be moved overland across the Isthmus of Corinth
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29.Argive Heraion
Archaeological · Notable
Major ancient sanctuary of Hera between Argos and Mycenae
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34.Alepotrypa cave
Nature · Notable
An archaeological site in the Mani region of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece
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47.Poseidon Temple of Isthmia
Archaeological · 7th century BC · Hidden gem
Ancient Greek temple on the Isthmus of Corinth
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49.House of the Tiles
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Bronze Age archaeological excavation at Lerna, Greece
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56.Temple of Apollo
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Ancient Greek temple in Corinth Municipality, Greece
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57.Temple of Asclepius at Epidaurus Asclepieion
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Foundations of ancient Greek temple
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59.Little Theatre of Epidaurus
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Ancient Greek theatre in the city of Epidauros, Greece
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62.Temple of Aphrodite at Acrocorinth
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Ancient Greek temple in Corinth Municipality, Greece
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63.sanctuary of Apollo Maleatas
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site near Epidaurus Asklepieion
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65.Fortifications of Mycenae
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Structural defense of the Mycenae acropolis in Greece
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72.Sanctuary of Poseidon (Tainaron)
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site with ruined cave-temple in Greece
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77.Ancient Theater of Megalopolis
Archaeological · 4th century BC · Hidden gem
Ancient Greek theatre in Megalopoli, Greece
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81.Temple of Zeus in Nemea
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Ancient Greek temple in Nemea Municipality, Greece
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83.Temple of Athena Chalkioikos
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Ancient Greek temple in Sparta Municipality, Greece
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92.Artemis temple in Asclepieion of Epidaurus
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Temple in Asclepius sanctuary, Epidauros
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96.Kazarma Tholos Tomb
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Mycenaean tomb at Kazarma hill in Argolis, Greece
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97.Tholos/Thymele at the Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus
Archaeological · Hidden gem
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100.Zygouries archaeological site
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Site of an Early and Late Bronze Age town in the Corinthia of southern Greece
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101.Gytheion ancient polis
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Ancient city and archaeological site in Lakonia, Greece
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102.Early Christian Basilica of Lechaeum
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Peloponnese, Greece
Elsewhere in Greece
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Peloponnese Region?
Sparta, 9th century BC. City and city-state in ancient Greece. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Peloponnese Region?
106: 79 archaeological & historic sites and 27 nature & landscapes. 67 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Peloponnese Region?
Franchthi Cave, dated to 38000 BC. 11 of the 106 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as Peloponnese Region here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in Peloponnese Region if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. Peloponnese Region is a first-level division of Greece, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.