Methoni is a small port town on the southwest coast of the Peloponnese (nom Messinia). It is located in a charming natural harbour about 11 km South of Pylos. Today Methoni is one of the most popular resorts of the Peloponnese with superb beaches and excellent infrastructure.

The area at the confluence of Methoni has existed since ancient times. It is believed that in the Mycenaean era, it housed the city of Pedasus, mentioned by Homer under the name "ampeloessa" as one of seven cities that Agamemnon offers Achilles to curb his anger. The ancient Greek traveler and geographer Pausanias calls the city "Motone".

In 369 BC, the city gained independence from Sparta and was thoroughly fortified, while maintaining its independence and during the Roman Empire. In the Byzantine period Methoni has not lost its position and was one of the most significant and most prosperous cities of the Peloponnese including. After the Byzantines in Methoni some time was dominated by the Franks, and at the beginning of the 13th century the land came under the control of the Venetians, for whom this is the place for a long time were of great interest, as it was located on the way from Venice to the East. The Venetians were well fortified the city and turned it into a major shopping centre.

In August 1500, after nearly ten years of siege, the city was occupied by troops of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Bayezid II. The Turks ruled in Methoni to 20-ies of the 19th century (with the exception of a small break in 1686-1715 years when power was again in the hands of the Venetians). Methoni was released, like other cities of the Peloponnese, in 1829.

The main attraction and the hallmark of Methoni, of course, is a medieval fortress built by the Venetians in the early 13th century (see. Fortifications occupy the whole territory of oblong promontory that in order to strengthen the protection was separated from the mainland by an artificial moat and where, in fact, is the Venetian fortress, as well as a small island, on which stands a two-story octagonal tower, built by the Turks in the 16th century and was used as a prison and to further strengthen. The islet is connected to the Cape stone bridge. To our days on the territory of the fortress are preserved remains of buildings of different eras, including the ruins of houses of the Venetian lords, cobbled streets leading to the sea gate, the ruins of Turkish baths, Byzantine Church of Hagia Sophia and t.d. To get to the fortress by an arched stone bridge that was built in the 19th century (original Venetian design was made of wood).