Being the funerary church of the castle town, EvangelistriBeing the funerary church of the castle town, Evangelistria is simpler, humbler, and more elegant than the nearby Mitropoli.a is simpler, humbler, and more elegant than the nearby Mitropoli.

Agios Dimitrios, usually referred to as the Mitropoli (an orthodox cathedral) was the first church to be built inside the castle, shortly after it was handed over to the Byzantines.

Keeping to the same route, the Monastery of Vrontochi emerges, imposing and massive, among the cobbled streets and the surrounding nature, which seems to a point to have regained its rightful place within the town.

Almost perched on the external walls to the southeast of the castle, Perivleptos may well be more lavishly decorated than any other church in Mystras, also boasting the best-preserved artwork.

The impressive church of Pantanassa is the monastery's Katholikon the central church where all the fathers of the monastery assemble for Mass.

This post-Byzantine church was built in the 17th century, together with numerous other churches and monasteries in the wider area (e.g., the monasteries of Gola, Zerbitsa, Agios Dimitrios etc.).

The palaces, recently restored to reflect their previous glory, belonged to the two families of the Despots of Mystras, Kantakouzinos and Palaiologos.

Only a short walk from the Central Gate, the two chapels have been carefully restored.

There were three gates in total in the external courtyard of the castle wall, each of them uniquely built and decorated.

Upon entering the castle through the Central Gate, Agia Sophia [not a saint, as commonly misinterpreted, but a church dedicated to the Sophia (Greek for "wisdom") of God] is the very first building to greet the modern visitor.

Mystras may be the most peculiar of all Greek castle-towns.

Hospitality is a sacred affair