Castella Beach Hotel Destinations

Six   miles   north-east   of   Argos,   on   a   hill,   lay   the   "rich   in   gold"   ancient   city   of Mykenae   (Mycenae).   Founded   by   the   hero   Perseus   and   becoming   favorite residence   of   Pelops   and   his   descendants,   it   became   the   most   important city of Greece at the times of the king Agamemnon. Master   seafarers,   they   traded   in   the   whole   eastern   Mediterranean   sea, until the 12th century. In   1375   BC,   they   invaded   Crete   and   conquered   the   Minoans,   who   had influenced   them   in   the   art,   from   as   early   as   the   16th   century   BC.   The Mykenaean   people   build   cyclopean   structures,   but   at   the   same   time   they created the finest works of art. These   were   the   heroic   and   adventurous   people   of   the   Iliad,   the   romantic poet warriors, the purest and best of Hellenes. Mykenae is 180Km away from Castella Beach Hotel.