The wider region of central Messinia is very appropriate for one day tours for people who have stayed in Kyparissia or in Kalamata or in some neighbouring seasonal resort of Messinia.

Apart from the historical interest of the region, the visitor also discovers a beautiful unspoiled countryside rich in vegetation and with lots of rivers, lakes and waterfalls and innumerable picturesque villages surrounded by olives, vineyards, gardens, fig trees and prickly pears or wild gorges which are very close to prehistoric settlements, ancient ruins, medieval castles and Byzantine churches and look like small natural heavens.