The Hike up the Navarino Bay Castle

One of the attractions is the hike up to the Navarino bay castle. It is far enough out, that it does not draw flocks of tourists, churned out by air-conditioned buses. Therefore, the castle is mostly left alone, and this is reinforced with the signs “Castle is Closed”, to discourage would be hikers to make to trek to the top. We hiked using the traditional path to the castle, and in fact, the biggest challenge was to avoid the millions of spiders, that had set up their web between the trees on our way up. As this was a route not well traveled, we had to duck our way under the spider webs. The castle was mostly left alone, as in, it was too far and high up to pillage the building materials, and it was also not restored. Big chunks of the castle had fallen down, offering us a view into the construction of the castle. Wood does not stand the test of time too well, as demonstrated by the chunks of castle that had come down. The castle stretched over a large part of the summit, and the views, to the horse-shoe beach, the bay and the sea were stunning.