We had two options when leaving the Ionian Sea by yacht.
Turn left at Patras and take a short cut through the man-made Corinth Canal to the Saronic Gulf, Athens and the sun-drenched Greek Islands, or carry on south around the outstretched fingers of the Peloponnese Peninsula.
We opted for the long route.
The Peloponnese is a huge chunk of Greece separated from the mainland by the Gulf of Corinth with the Ionian Sea on the west and the Saronic Gulf on the east.
It's a region of outstanding beauty with fertile valleys, spectacular mountains, beautiful beaches and some of Greece's prettiest towns, including the former capital, Napflion, and the old walled town of Monemvasia.
