Places·14 April 2025·11 min

Mystras, fresco by fresco

A slow afternoon in the ghost city of the late Byzantines — with a pocket list of the chapels worth the detour.

Words by Elena Papadaki

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A slow afternoon in the ghost city of the late Byzantines — with a pocket list of the chapels worth the detour.

Written by

Elena Papadaki

Field editor · Based in Nafplio

Elena is our field editor, based in Nafplio. She has been writing about the Peloponnese for Explore Greece since 2019 — mostly from the passenger seat of a very slow car.

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