It is a beautiful picturesque town with vivid insular colors that counts about 2.500 inhabitants; it lies at the south-west part of the Prefecture, 50 km far from Kalamata.
It has two-storeyed white houses and yards with flowers. The town has a great history It is built on two low hills, while in the center of its port there is a rock, nowadays named Marathonisi or else Chelonaki, with its breakwater. This rock is the historical islet of Sfaktiria. The present beautiful small town isn`t the same with the well-known ancient town of Pylos, which is frequently mentioned in history amd mythology. The town was built in 1829. On the ancient building material of the 4th BC century, the Franks built (1278) a large castle, Paleocastro which is built in an area of the cape that closes the north side of Navarino`s gulf. Only the outside wall of the castle is in a good condition. Inside the anchorage of Navarino, there is the rocky Sfaktiria islet which attracts many visitors. You can get there by sailboat or small motor boat.