The Peloponnese Regional information
The Peloponnese covers an area of some 21,549 km˛ (8,320 square miles)
and constitutes the southernmost part of mainland Greece. While
technically it may be considered an island since the construction of
the Corinth Canal in 1893 - like other peninsulas that have been
separated from their mainland by man-made bodies of waters - it is
rarely, if ever, referred to as an "island". It has two land
connections with the rest of Greece, a natural one at the Isthmus of
Corinth and an artificial one in the shape of the Rio-Antirio bridge
(completed 2004).
For more information about the different regions, towns and sights in
the Peloponnese, click on the names of the prefectures below.
