1st stop: Archaeological Museum of Tegea
In a distance of about 9 klm southeast of Tripoli, the capital of contemporary Arcadia, the Archaeological Museum of Tegea, a small gem of the area, is located. In a ground-floor, stone building of simple architecture dated to 1909- it is one of the earliest Greek regional museums- a brand new exhibition is housed. The subject of the exhibition, for which the museum was awarded in 2016 by the European Museum Forum, under the aegis of the Council of Europe, is the history of the people who lived in the territory of ancient Tegea. Through the exhibits dating from 6000 B.C. until the 4th century A.D. the emergence and the development of one of the most powerful Arcadian poleis is presented along with the history of the famous sanctuary of Athena Alea.