I spent more than 4 hours exploring Mistras, including the walk both ways between the archaeological site and the town. Though the scenery along the way was rather blas , fortunately my interest was maintained by the cyclists I saw. On the rest of this tour I saw only a handful of cyclists, but today I saw more than 100 cyclists on the last leg of an Athens to Sparti race. They were spread out over 15-20 miles, but the leaders were really pushing and had a police escort. I was glad to see some other bicycle aficionados in Greece.
Tripoli is a pretty big town with good food and a real bike shop.
At least it looked real, but I was there on Sunday and found it closed.