The powerful citadel of Niókastro overlooking the town and bay was built by the Turks in the 16C on the site of an earlier structure; but it was much altered in 1829 by the French, who added the great cannon emplacements to the walls and the pentagon..

On a spur of rock rise the crenellated walls and towers of the Castle of Port de Junch built in 1278 on the foundations of an ancient acropolis. The Frankish fortress, which consists of a circuit wall and a keep, commands the lagoon and the ancient..

Amidst fruit trees on a hill near the road from Gargalianoi to Pilos, a large protective roof shelters the foundations of the palace of “Nestor”, who played a major role in the Trojan War. Found in 1939 and excavated from 1952, it dates from the Myce..

The uninhabited island of Sfaktiría (about 5km long) is the site of several funerary monuments dedicated to the Greek and foreign heroes who died for the cause of Greek Independence. On the summit there are traces of an ancient fortress where 420 Spa..