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A superb valley with this monastery nestled in the cliff face—what better place to dream of for a two-hour walk from Leonidio? Highly recommended.

beautiful viewpoint

the road is hardly used, at least in April

is said to be one of the few that are still preserved of this type

impressive church ....water point in the square so many taverns nearby

The walk up is worth it to admire the monastery built into the rock. There are also beautiful views as far as Leonidi. The monastery is closed during the winter months.

The Moni Agiou Nikolaou Sintzas (Greek: Μονή Αγίου Νικολάου Σίντζας Moní Agíou Nikoláou Síntzas; "Monastery of Saint Nicholas at the Fig Tree") is a monastery above the town of Leonidi in the Peloponnese in Greece. It is located in a cave on a steep slope of a 764 meter high mountain. Above the cave there used to be a large fig tree, called syntza in the Tsakonian dialect of the locals, from which the toponymic part of the name of the monastery is derived. The monastery was first mentioned in 1622. In 1810 it was converted into a women's abbey. Around 1920 a concrete road was built from Leonidio to the monastery. Source: Wikipedia

The history of the monastery begins in the year 1300. Shepherds saw a light in an inaccessible place on the cliff. According to legend, this light came from an oil lamp that was lit in front of an icon of St. Panagia. The bishop commissioned two hermits from the area, Kallinikos and Dositheos, to settle at the site where the icon was found, where they then built a small monastery with two cells. Source: Wikipedia