2008-2-29 2008-2-8 This harbor town is the former port of Sparta. According to Homer, it is also the place that Paris of Troy took Helen of Sparta when they escaped Sparta. The island here is where they spent their first night together. 388531 text/html 1.0 EN GythioDawnya BrownRick steves Europe through the back doorGreeceDawnyaPort of Sparta Gythio is a quaint harbor town that used to be the Port of Sparta text EZ-NetTools EZ-NetTools specializes in providing professional custom web site design and ecommerce services that you can easily maintain.