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Gerolimenas

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Country
  
Greece

Local time
  
Monday 6:35 AM

Administrative region
  
Peloponnese

Regional unit
  
Laconia

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Municipality
  
East Mani

Municipal unit
  
Oitylo


Weather
  
13°C, Wind NW at 31 km/h, 67% Humidity

Gerolimenas (Greek: Γερολιμένας) is a picturesque small coastal village and a community in the municipal unit of Oitylo, at the southern end of the Mani Peninsula, in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Τhe name, which means "Old Harbour", is thought to derive from the ancient "Ιερός Λιμήν" (Ieros Limen), meaning "Sacred Harbor". One of the remotest settlements in the Peloponnese, until the 1970s it was reached mainly by boat. In the past it was a major fishing center, and featured substantial infrastructure such as a shipyard, ice supplies, and a fish market. Today the main industry is tourism. Αccording to the 2011 census its population was 99 inhabitants (including the village Ochia).

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Map of Gerolimenas, Greece

Kyrimai hotel in gerolimenas greece


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Gerolimenas Wikipedia