Mesapos is a coastal settlement built on the homonymous bay of the Tigani peninsula south of Areopolis. It is just 8 kilometres from Gerolimenas. According to the linguist Dikaios V. Vagiakakos, the name Mezapos is derived from the Indo-European word 'apa', which means water, and the adjective 'messos' of the aiolikian dialect.
In 1805, the English military, surveyor and archaeologist William Martin Lick visited the settlement, who said that the port of Mesapos was considered the safest on the west coast of Mani.
There are no tourist facilities and infrastructures at Mesapos, and the few residents are mainly engaged in fishing. The settlement has two lovely rocky pebble beaches and the small fishing harbour of Kourkous. Near the village, an Early Christian church dating back to the 5th and 6th centuries is found. Other sights of the area that can be admired are the Byzantine church of Virgin Mary of Vlacherna in Fokaloto, dating between the late 12th and early 13th century, the remains of the Tower of the Mani Pirate Nikolos Sassaris or Katzos, the Altospito Cave as well as the ruins of Byzantine or Frankish fortifications.
