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Before Midnight (2013)

Where Before Midnight says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

One long summer in the southern Peloponnese: a writer's house, a castle, a chapel and a hotel room, shot in 15 days

Scenes and places

Dropping Hank at the airport (2013)

Jesse drops his teenage son Hank at the airport after the summer, urging him to write back and talk about what he is thinking.

Set in Kalamata International Airport — The airport where Jesse sees his teenage son off after the summer. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Kalamata International Airport, a mostly summer-season airport serving the city of Kalamata.

Filmed at Kalamata International Airport (Kalamata International Airport, Kalamata, Greece) — Where the film's first scenes were shot (representative airport point). Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Driving past the ruins (2013)

Jesse and Céline drive with the twin daughters asleep in the back. They pass the ruins the girls wanted to see and decide not to wake them.

Set in Road by Ancient Messene — A drive past the ruins the twins wanted to see. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Ancient Messene, a large Hellenistic-era city site about 30 km from Kalamata.

Filmed at Ancient Messene (Ancient Messene, Messene, Greece) — The drive past the ruins (village point, not the site itself). Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Shopping in the seaside village (2013)

The family stops in the seaside village to shop for supplies on the way to the writer's house.

Set in Kardamyli — The village where the family stops for supplies on the way to the writer's house. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Kardamyli, a village on the Mani peninsula that Homer lists in the Iliad.

Filmed at Kardamyli (Village centre, Kardamyli, Greece) — The supply stop early in the film (village centre point). Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The long table at the writer's house (2013)

Patrick's stone house is the family's summer base. A long outdoor meal brings friends together to talk about love, writing and where the world is heading.

Set in Patrick's house — A stone house above the sea where friends gather around one long outdoor meal. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor's villa at Kalamitsi near Kardamyli, where the English travel writer lived until 2011.

Filmed at Patrick Leigh Fermor house, Kalamitsi (Kalamitsi, Kardamyli, Greece) — Filmed here: the home of the writer Patrick Leigh Fermor. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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A walk among ruins and goats (2013)

After the meal the couple walks off alone on a path with ruins and goats in view. They talk about how little they know and how time moves differently with kids.

Set in Methoni Castle — After the meal the couple walks off alone on a path with ruins and goats in view. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Methoni Castle, a medieval Venetian-era fortress on a cape in Messenia.

Filmed at Methoni Castle (Methoni Castle, Methoni, Greece) — Filmed in a long segment around the castle. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Reached by a 14-arch stone bridge.

The little frescoed chapel (2013)

Jesse leads Céline into a small frescoed chapel he found earlier. They look at the faded paintings and joke about its patron saint of eyesight.

Set in Chapel near Platsa — A small Byzantine chapel Jesse found earlier and wants to show Céline. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A 14th-century frescoed chapel outside the village of Platsa.

Filmed at Byzantine chapel near Platsa (Outside the village, Platsa, Greece) — Filmed at a 14th-century chapel outside Platsa (village point, not the chapel). Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Down the stairs to the sea (2013)

The couple walks down stairs and through a town square toward the shore, chatting about marriage, growing old together and what each might change in the other.

Set in Pylos main square (Platia Trion Navarchon) — A harbour town where the couple walks down stairs and through the square toward the shore. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Pylos, the harbour town on Navarino Bay.

Filmed at Pylos main square and waterfront (Old town to the shore, Pylos, Greece) — Stairs, main square and shore. The exact stairs are not pinned in any source; the point is the main square (Platia Trion Navarchon) beside the waterfront, which the source says the couple crosses. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The free hotel night (2013)

The friends have given them a free hotel night. The couple checks in, admires the room, and a conversation about Jesse's son starts a long, escalating argument.

Set in Hotel room — A hotel room the friends gave them for one night. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A resort on the Navarino Bay coast of Messenia.

Filmed at Westin Resort Costa Navarino (Costa Navarino resort, Navarino Bay, Greece) — Hotel scenes shot at this resort (coordinates are a resort point from a list site, not verified). Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Characters

• Jesse — An American novelist spending the summer in Greece with Céline and their twin daughters.
• Céline — Jesse's partner, torn between her career and the family's move.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the long dinner in Before Midnight filmed?
• Which Greek places does Before Midnight pass through?
• Where does Before Midnight begin?
• Where is the little chapel Jesse wants to show Céline in Before Midnight?
• Where do Jesse and Céline walk among ruins and goats in Before Midnight?
• Which harbour town has the stairs down to the sea in Before Midnight?
• Where is the hotel room in Before Midnight?