Municipality’s Sights

Vlachernon Monastery

The Monastery of the Virgin Mary of Vlachernon is built in a wonderful valley, surrounded by old olive trees and a symphony of green trees, bushes and flowers and is 2 kilometres from Virgin Mary of Killini. In its spacey compound you feel warmed and welcomed as they also have an elder’s home. ...

Chlemoutsi Castle

Chlemoutsi or Chloumoutsi or Clermont or Castel Tornese was the most important castle of the Princedom of Achaia. Built between 1220 and 1223 during the Frankish Reign from Geoffrey II of Villehardouin in Ilia, it protected Andravida and also its seaport, Glarentza. The Castle’s original name was Clermont, as named by its French owners. The Greeks named it Chloumoutsi as shown in the Morias Chronicle, or Chlemoutsi which is the name that...

Kafkalida Island

The island is few minutes away from the port of Killini and one can go there by boat from the coast. The lighthouse in the island of Kafkalida, in the western point of the Peloponnese to the Ionian Sea, just outside Killini towards Zakynthos, viewing the mountain Ainos of Cephalonia, was built in 1906 with a tower measuring 15 metres and light up to 19 metres. According to tradition the island once was connected to the mainland through a strip...

Killini's Baths

Loutra Killinis or Linzi is an area of exceptional natural beauty. It is at a 9 kilometre distance from Killini. The thermal springs are between two lines of hills (mostly sandy) which format a valley spreading up to the sea for about 330 metres. The area of the Baths shows dense vegetation with old trees, mainly eucalyptus that were planted at 1890-1892, relocated from France with the help of the company SPAP that exploited the Baths at the...

Ancient Glarentza

Glarentza or Clarentia or Clarence was an important fortified city and port of the Peloponnese during the Frankish Reign. It was built by the Villehardouins of the Princedom of Achaia in replacement of ancient Killini in Ilia, during the 13th century and it was used as a seaport of Andravida, the capital of the Princedom. ...

Accomodation

Accomodation in Killini

For the visitors, Killini offers a variety of hotels, apartments etc. Περισσότερα

Tours

Routes

Killini constitutes the starting point for many excellent excursions to beautiful sights of the Peloponnese and the Ionian...More

Beaches

Beautifull beaches

The beaches of the municipality are of exquisite natural beauty and cleanness. They attract every visitor so they will be presented extensively through lively photographs. Περισσότερα

Events

On the 1st event for the beginning of the new fishing season “The departure of the drift” in Killini’s port.

Award giving – scholar feast for the successful on the competition to enter Colleges.
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Municipal Departments

Τhe municipality of Kastro-Kyllini consists of 4 municipality departments. The Kastro with 857 citizens, Kato Panagia with 1266 citizens, Neochori with 1323 citizens and Kyllini with 952 citizens.