Voidokilia
Voidokilia Beach is a popular beach in Messinia in the Mediterranean area. In the shape of the Greek letter omega, its sand forms a semicircular strip of dunes.Photo: Gmichalagas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Grzontan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: sand beach
- Description: beach in Messenia, Greece
- Also known as: “Voidokilia beach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Navarino castle and Gialova Lagoon.
Old Navarino castle
Castle
Photo: Steve-milea, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Old Navarino castle is a 13th-century Frankish fortress near Pylos, Greece. It is one of two castles guarding the bay on which it sits; the other is the Ottoman-built New Navarino.
Gialova Lagoon
Lagoon
Photo: Xrisavgi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gialova Lagoon – also known as Divari, from the Latin word vivarium, meaning "fishery" – is a brackish body of water in the municipality of Pylos-Nestor, Greece, about 8 kilometres north of Pylos.
Nestor’s cave
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Nicholas Papastamatiou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nestor’s cave is a scenic viewpoint.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pylos and Romanos.
Pylos
Photo: Dnalor 01, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
Pylos, historically also known as Navarino, is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality Pylos-Nestoras, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.
Romanos
Village
Photo: Geoandrios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Romanos or Romanou for locals is a village and a community in the municipality Pylos-Nestoras, Messenia, Greece. It is 9 km north of Pylos. It is part of the Nestoras municipal unit.
Gialova
Village
Photo: Geoandrios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gialova is a village on Navarino Bay in the municipality of Pylos-Nestor in the regional unit of Messenia in the south-west Peloponnese, Greece, about six kilometres north of Pylos. The name derives from Greek γιαλός and Turkish ova, i.e. "lowland shore".
Voidokilia
- Location: Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.964° or 36° 57′ 50″ northLongitude
21.664° or 21° 39′ 50″ eastOpen location code
8G83XM77+HHWikidata ID
Q890802
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Satellite Map
Discover Voidokilia from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bashkir to Spanish—“Voidokilia” goes by many names.
- Bashkir: “Войдокилья”
- Catalan: “Platja de Voidokilià”
- Catalan: “Voidokilià”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شط فويدوكيليا”
- Finnish: “Voïdokoiliá”
- French: “Voïdokiliá”
- Greek: “Βοϊδοκοιλιά”
- Russian: “Войдокилья”
- Spanish: “Voidokiliá”
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