Arriving

HOW TO GET HERE:

By Car:

Chrani Messinia is located 265 km from Athens. The route that you can follow if you start from the Attiki Odos is as follows:

• Continue to drive on Attiki Odos until you get the Athens-Corinth highway (for about 80 km. / 40-50 minutes).
• After Corinth continue towards Tripoli (attention to road signs in order not to miss the exit (approximately 81 km. / 40 min ride).
  When you arrive in Tripoli continue your journey on the new highway towards Megalopolis – Kalamata (85 km. / 50-70 minutes).
• Just before you reach Kalamata turn right towards Messini – Petalidi (has signs) and continue your route until you reach Chrani (5 km from Petalidi).
• When you arrive in Chrani and at the entrance of the village turn right (there is a big sign Baywatch) and follow the road and marking for the next 800 meters, where you will find yourself in the hotel’s gate.

Total travel time (Athens-Chrani): 200 – 230 minutes

By Bus:
You can take the bus from the main bus station of Athens in Kifisos (Kifisou 100, on the national road of Athens).
Phone Bus Athens: (+30) 210 5134273
Phone Bus Kalamata: (+30) 23 147 27210
From the Coach Station (KTEL Athens) Kifisos, the distance covered in about 4 hours.
You can go from Kalamata to Patras by bus in 4 hours and by train in 6 hours.
You can also go at Sparta travelling through the pine forest of Taygetos and you can get there after 1 ½ hour trip. (Kalamata-Sparta: 60 km)
Local buses operate two services a day by bus in about two hours. Kalamata is located 100 km from Gytheio and 80 km from the caves of Diros, covered with a route that perfectly matches the rugged landscape of Mani.

Water Access
From Patras, which is linked by ferry to the Italian ports (Ancona – Brindisi – Bari), the visitor arrives in Kalamata in about three hours, after traveled 215 km ..
Kalamata joined by ferry to Kastelli Kissamos, Chania, in the summer months, in about seven hours.

By plane
Kalamata is connected the summer months with Athens and Thessaloniki and specific destinations in Europe. Info .: Phone 801 801 01 01 from a landline or 210 35 50 500 from mobile