Location

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The Olive Press is located in the village of Megali Mandinia on the Mani peninsular in the southern Peloponnese.  It's some 14 km from the olive capital of Kalamata in the province of Messenia.

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How to get to Megali Mandinia

By air:

The nearest airport is Kalamata, approximately 40 minutes drive away.  There are charter flights from the UK from May - October.  From the airport you can hire a car or take a taxi to the village.

Alternatively fly to Athens - Easyjet, BA & Olympic Airways offer direct flights from the UK - then hire a car, or take the X93 express bus from the airport to Kifissou intercity bus station where there are direct regular coaches [up to 14 a day] to Kalamata.   For bus times to Kalamata from Athens see the timetable from the Greek National Tourism Organistion.

From Kalamata bus station you can take a bus or taxi to the village.  The journey from Athens takes around four hours. 

For more information and links to useful travel sites read our  travel tips.

By rail:

According to rail travel website The Man in Seat Sixty-One [www.seat61.com] you can get from London to Greece in 48 hours via train and ferry from Italy.  His route takes you to the port of Patras from where you can get a train or coach to Kalamata.  We haven't tried it yet but it sounds like a wonderful way to reach to Greece.