Kalamata: facts

At a glance

• Country: Greece
• Region: Peloponnese
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 54,100
• Coordinates: 37.0391° N, 22.1126° E
• Time zone: Europe/Athens (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Athens: 177 km (110 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Kalamata Airport (KLX): 8.4 km (5.2 mi), straight line
• Kithira Airport (KIT): 117 km (73 mi), straight line
• Zakynthos International Airport Dionysios Solomos (ZTH): 134 km (83 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Messini: 9.4 km (5.8 mi)
• Xinos: 9.7 km (6.0 mi)
• Kardamyli: 20 km (12 mi)
• Meligalas: 24 km (15 mi)
• Sparta: 28 km (18 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Patra, 138 km (86 mi)

Things to see

• Castle of Kalamata (castle)
• Church of Agioi Apostoloi (church)
• Kalamata Railway Park (park)
• The Victoria G. Karelias Collection of greek traditional costumes (museum)
• Ιερά Μονή Αγίων Κωνσταντίνου και Ελένης Καλογραιών (church)
• Ιερός Καθεδρικός Ναός Υπαπαντής του Χριστού (church)