Mystras, the 'wonder of the Morea', was built as an amphitheatre ... at the top of a 620 m high hill overlooking Sparta. The Franks surrendered the castle to the Byzantines in 1262, it was the centre ...

history also emanated from the UNESCO Byzantine fortress town of medieval Mystras, perched on a revered mountain slope a stone’s throw away. I could see the summit’s fairytale castle from my ...