Further south, we encounter Pirgos, an attractive town with two jewels; the neoclassical buildings designed by Chiller. Peaceful, serene, verdant, is Ancient Olympia with the grandiose temple foundations, the colonnades, the altars, the numerous interestng archaeological finds crowned by that masterpiece of sculpture, the Hermes of Praxiteles.
Kaifas is the next spa, also known since antiquity, set amidst a thick pine forest.The soil here is fertile, ideal for vineyards, olive groves and citrus archards. The roads that lead to Byzantine monasteries, Frankish towers, ancient temples, such as the temple of Apollo Epikourios at Vasses, and famous palaces, such as Nestor' palace in Pylos, begin here.