Things to see in Figaleia municipality
16 sights on the map
- History: 9
- Museums and culture: 4
- Nature: 3
- Religious sites: 20
- Eat and drink: 7
- Where to stay: 2
Photo: Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
About Figaleia municipality
Figaleia (Greek: Φιγαλεία) is a mountain village and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the administrative reform of 2011 it is a municipal unit of the municipality of Zacharo. The municipal unit has an area of 89.175 km2. In 2021 the population was 50 for the village and 1,250 for the municipal unit. The seat of the municipality was in Nea Figaleia. Figaleia is located south of Andritsaina, west of Megalopoli, north-northwest of Kalamata, northeast of Kyparissia and southeast of Pyrgos. Figaleia is located in mountainous southern Elis. The river Neda flows through the municipal unit. The name was taken from the ancient city-state of Phigaleia, which was located near the present village.
Top sights
- Castle of FigaleiaCastle
- Agios NikolaosArchaeological site
- Temple of Athena & Zeus SotirosArchaeological site
- Naos ton «Perivolion» FigaleiasArchaeological site
- PhigaliaArchaeological site
- Folklore Museum of Nea FigaleiaMuseum
- Neda Physicogeographical Geological MuseumMuseum
- Petrino aloniViewpoint
- Ancient BridgeAttraction
- Neda WaterfallsAttraction
- Katarraktis AsproneriWaterfall
- Stomio WaterfallWaterfall
By theme
History
- Castle of FigaleiaCastle
- Agios NikolaosArchaeological site
- Temple of Athena & Zeus SotirosArchaeological site
- Naos ton «Perivolion» FigaleiasArchaeological site
- PhigaliaArchaeological site
- Anastasios Angeli LolosMemorial
- Anastasios Mich. XydisMemorial
- Anastasios N. TagarisMemorial
and 1 more on the map
Museums and culture
- Folklore Museum of Nea FigaleiaMuseum
- Neda Physicogeographical Geological MuseumMuseum
- Ancient BridgeAttraction
- Neda WaterfallsAttraction
Nature
- Petrino aloniViewpoint
- Katarraktis AsproneriWaterfall
- Stomio WaterfallWaterfall
Religious sites
- Agia ParaskeviPlace of worship
- Agios NikolaosPlace of worship
- Agia AnastasiaPlace of worship
- Agia VarvaraPlace of worship
- Agia KyriakiPlace of worship
- Agios AthanasiosPlace of worship
- Agios AthanasiosPlace of worship
- Agios VasileiosPlace of worship
and 12 more on the map
Eat and drink
- PanoramaRestaurant
- Ada MsCafe
- CentroCafe
- I PlateiaCafe
- KantinaCafe
- MpenakisCafe
- O NikosCafe
Where to stay
- IlakiaHotel
- IlakiaHotel