Fairytale Castle — Attraction in Municipality of Trifylia

THE Story behind: Somewhere between Filiatra and Kyparissia in the picturesque fishing village of Agrilis Messinia in the southwestern Peloponnese, there is a fairytale castle that looks as if it has sprung up from another era! Or perhaps even from another dimension judging by how out of place it is in relation to its surroundings.

This is the Fairytale Castle. It is a castle so impressive and fairytale-like, that if someone told you to “close your eyes until we get there” and you only opened them when you reached its gates, you would think you were in Disneyland!

In fact, its donor, its inspirer, and – to a large extent – its creator, doctor Charalambos Fournarakis, or Harry Fournier as he is known, created something that does not exist like it in Greece.

Combining incongruous local and temporal stories, and literally intertwining various themes from Greek and Western history and mythology, it was made to remind us all of the fairytales that our...

Once you have seen the 12m Eiffel Tower on the road out of Filiatra you have to find and see the castle and the Trojan horse. They are totally bizarre and completely out of place but there is little you can do other than admire the builders/owners eccentricity. You can drive to them but you can not get inside the castle or the horse. The next little village has a great taverna, on the left as you come in opposite the church, which is worth...

If you visit this area, you must visit this place. Great, hilarious castle, mixing fairy tales, medieval times, Greek mythology and Gods, the Trojan war, the Mycenaean times, Alexander the Great and even the Greek revolution against the Ottomans. Everything mixed in! But it is very picturesque, in a place with one of the nicest sunsets in Greece. Also try one of the nice local restaurants; I recommend the Mill. Don't...