Getting here... Scroll down for directions
We are half an hour's drive from Kalamata airport, a major tourist hub with links from the UK from May to October on Sundays .
Thomas Cook on's and Mytravel fly to Kalamata from Manchester, Birmingham & Gatwick airports
Flights are also available from across UK to Athens all year round, Easyjet, BA, Olympic, KLM and Aegean
Book early and you can get some great deals
From the Netherlands look for flights on Mondays from Amsterdam to Kalamata www.arke.nl
Comfortable Ferries from Venice and Ancona to Patras (Superfast, Anek and Minoan www.aferryto.com)
Alternative route for the intrepid, fly to Zante, hire a car at the airport, take 1 hour ferry to mainland and
3 hour drive from Kyllini.
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Key
| Saintfridays Villas in Gargarou, Harokopio | |
| Koroni Town | |
| Methoni Town | |
| Kalamata Airport in Messini | |
| Kalamata City |
We can arrange transfers for guests or give them advice on links to Athens bus station for a comfortable coach ride to Kalamata. Buses from Athens run almost hourly from 4.45am until 22.45, its the E93X from Athens central bus station to Kalamata, takes 4 hours and cost 18 euros.
There are regular buses from Kalamata to Koroni via Harokopio.
From the Peloponnese Station in Athens you can get the train to Kalamata, which is one of the great train journeys of the world, incredibly beautiful, but it takes 6 hours, so take a picnic.
We can pick people up from Kalamata airport, Athens airport, Port of Patras, Port of Piraeus, Port of Gythia and Port of Kythira, for prices and availability please ask when booking or contact info@saintfridays.com.
Motorways from Athens airport via Corinth are first rate and continue all the way to Tripoli. The road is slower from Tripoli across the mountains. It improves at Messini and is very good for the rest of the journey to Harokopio. .
Ideally all guests should hire a car to see all the sites in the area and take full advantage of the SaintFridays experience.
More local is Car Hire Costa Kassimiotis "Rent a Car" in
Harokopio:
Fax: 0030 27250 22601
Tel: 0030 27250 31333
Mob: 0030 693 255 1251
email: kassimiotis@yahoo.gr
www.kassimiotis.gr
Directions to Saintfridays from Kalamata
From Kalamata, follow signs for Messina , Athens and the Airport. Follow the dual carriage way until is comes into a built up area near the hospital, turn left at the traffic lights following signs for Messini, Pylos and the Airport. Pass the airport and follow directions below…..
Directions to Saintfridays from Kalamata Airport
From Kalamata Airport Turn right on to the main road.
Go over a bridge and at the roundabout with Lidl / Champion (supermarkets) close by, take the last exit for Pylos / Koroni. Follow this road for nearly10 kms, and at the village of Rizomilos turn left following signs for Koroni . (the main road continues on to Pylos). Koroni is clearly sign-posted at this junction in Rizomilos.
Keep following signs for Koroni, through the villages of Petalidi, Kalamaki, Chrani, Episkopi, Ayios Andreas, Nea Koroni (this is not Koroni!) , Vounaria and Kompi. Then, eventually, you’ll be in the bigger village of Harokopio.
Go through the village, round a sharp left hand bend, another left hand bend around the church and a sharp right hand bend will then take you along a narrow street with first shops and the houses closing in on both sides. When you can see that these buildings are coming to an end, there is a turning on the left signed posted Gargarou Beach. There are a lot of signs there, including ours ( www.saintfridays.com ), most or all advertise villas to let. Go up this narrow village road, sharp left hander, sharp right hander, sharp left hander, along for a little past a big steel council bin, and sharp right hander and up past a cream coloured Church and a sharp left hand bend, now you are leaving the village and heading down towards the sea passed a few leafy and tree shrouded villas. The road continues gradually down and then at another church (Ayia Paraskevi, Saint Friday) it takes another sharp right and becomes steeper, suddenly you’ll see the sea again, and another big steel council bin on a sharp left hand corner. The next right turning is Saint Fridays, look for the white sign, follow the track for 100m and you have arrived.
If you get lost call us on 27250 41824 or 694 586 7233 mobile
Directions to Saintfridays from Athens
From Athens (Venizelos) airport come out onto the motorway (which makes a sharp “U” turn) head for Elefsina and Korinthos on the E94. Stay on this motorway heading for Korinthos (after you pass the suburb Elefsina), but don’t turn off for Korinthos when you reach it. Just after the exit for Korinthos the motorway splits for Patra and Tripoli / Nafplio, head for Tripoli / Nafplio, on the E94. Once on this motorway ignore signs for Nafplio and head for Tripoli. Head down to Tripoli on the E65 and there the motorway will run out. Now head for Kalamata but about 5 kms before you get there, just after Kalamata Hospital, turn right for Pylos and Messini (Kalamata) airport.
Pass the airport, go over a bridge and at the roundabout with Lidl / Champion (supermarkets) close by, take the last exit for Pylos / Koroni. Follow this road for nearly10 kms, and at the village of Rizomilos turn left following signs for Koroni . (the main road continues on to Pylos). Koroni is clearly sign-posted at this junction in Rizomilos.
Keep following signs for Koroni, through the villages of Petalidi, Kalamaki, Chrani, Episkopi, Ayios Andreas, Nea Koroni (this is not Koroni!), Vounaria and Kompi. Then, eventually, you’ll be in the bigger village of Harokopio.
Go through the village, round a sharp left hand bend, another left hand bend around the church and a sharp right hand bend will then take you along a narrow street with first shops and the houses closing in on both sides. When you can see that these buildings are coming to an end, there is a turning on the left signed posted Gargarou Beach. There are a lot of signs there, including ours ( www.saintfridays.com ), most or all advertise villas to let. Go up this narrow village road, sharp left hander, sharp right hander, sharp left hander, along for a little past a big steel council bin, and sharp right hander and up past a cream coloured Church and a sharp left hand bend, now you are leaving the village and heading down towards the sea passed a few leafy and tree shrouded villas. The road continues gradually down and then at another church (Ayia Paraskevi, Saint Friday) it takes another sharp right and becomes steeper, suddenly you’ll see the sea again, and another big steel council bin on a sharp left hand corner. The next right turning is Saint Fridays, look for the white sign, follow the track for 100m and you have arrived.
If you get lost call us on 27250 41824 or 694 586 7233 mobile