The small settlement of Agia Varvara, with only four inhabitants, is located in southwestern Laconia, at Lagadaki Bay. The settlement is built at an altitude of 160 metres and is 80 kilometres from Sparta. Until 1940, the settlement was called Agia Varvara-Ftion.
To the west of the settlement, visitors can see "Trisakia", a ruined ecclesiastical monument. The church's official name is Agios Theodoros, but the locals call it Trisakia or Agia Trisagia. The name was given by the two ruined, today, chapels added to the north and south of the temple. The church is one-roomed, vaulted with 13th-century hagiographies. In 2014, significant maintenance work was carried out.
To the north of the settlement, visitors can see the Monastery of Panagia Faneromeni, which celebrates on September 8th. The Monastery is part of the Agioi Tessarakonta (40 Saints) Monastery. It was built shortly before the middle of the 19th century on the ruins of an older church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The founder of the Monastery was Hieromonk Athanasios Ladopoulos. During his childhood (around 1840), at the suggestion of the Virgin Mary herself, she found her icon at a spot below the current Monastery. The monastery, initially, consisted of the church and two cells, while in 1907, the bigger church was built.
Finally, at Lagadaki Bay, there is a rocky beach called Archi where the visitor can relax and enjoy the sea.
