Argolida has been inhabited for millennia, not just since the times of ancient Greece, as we know them from history courses, but even further to the past. People have settled in this blessed land for tens of thousands of years, because they could immediately recognize its exceptional climate, its fertile soil, and its easy access to sea. We have written in the past that there are traces of ancient civilizations in the Frahthi cave and that soon Greek and Swiss archeologists will start searching for evidence on the oldest settlement in Europe. Research on the beginnings of civilization will be supported by a catamaran boat, Tûranor PlanetSolar, which has bleeding edge equipment. Even though it is registered in Switzerland, it was made in Germany. Almost every horizontal surface is covered in solar panels, which makes it work independently of fossil fuel, especially in seas like Greece’s that bathe in the sun. Inside there are laboratory facilities, since it is mainly used for marine biology research; this will make it especially valuable in the archeologists’ efforts to uncover the secrets of the past. The boat will be in Greece during the entire August and until the beginning of September, in other words as long as the search goes on; official festivities have been organized at the ports of Athens, Eretria and Nafplio, where the boat is going to anchor. Peloponnese Hotels – AKS Porto Heli
