The province of Messinía stretches from the western flank of the Taïyetos ridge across the plain of Kalamáta to the hilly southwesternmost finger of the Peloponnese. Green, fertile and luxuriant for the most part, it is ringed with a series of well-preserved castles overlooking some of the area's most expansive beaches. The pale curve of sand at the bay of Voïdhokiliá , sandwiched between sea, rock and lagoon, is one of the most beautiful in Greece. Smaller beaches at Koróni, Methóni and Finikoúnda draw the crowds, but its important archeological sites, such as Nestor's Palace near Hóra, rarely see visitors in the quantity of the Argolid sites.