Its distinct flavour, its high nutritious value and its authenticity make it a popular fruit and an important marketable product. Fig 5000 is cultivated by individuals in Messinia and its treatment and standardisation take place under the most suitable specifications of technology and hygiene. Its cultivation lasts 7 months (from April till October) while the harvesting takes place from August till October. The annual production in Messinia today reaches roughly 4000 tons and the main markets to which they are exported are those of the USA, Canada, Australia and Europe.

Each Small Itinerary involves visits to the area?s most important monuments and landscapes of natural beauty, as well as places of production, elaboration and standardization of local products. During these visits, where presentations of the products and food tasting take place, the participants have the opportunity to savor local specialties. The Fig routes (last fifteen days of August) Fig is an 100% natural and nutritious dish, identified with gastronomic tradition as well as the economy of Messinia. It is a product that, once dried, can be savored all year round, since it keeps all its natural properties. Collection of the fruit from the uncountable fig trees in Messinia, natural drying and packing in the area?s modern industrial units are for its fans an interesting and unique itinerary in the Messinian region, during August. The peak of this journey is the ?great fig festival? that takes place in Polilofo every year: projection of documentaries, fig products exhibition, musical show and many fig delicacies will offer you a night to remember! THE FIGS Fresh or dry, the figs of Messinia are one of the well-known natural tasty enjoyments that are totally identified with the region. Full-flavoured, nutritious and healthy, the dry fig is a fruit naturally drained in the sun with absolutely no chemical additives. It is a source of energy for the human body because of its high content in metals as calcium, phosphor and iron but also plant fibres that render the fig most prized and irreplaceable.