Petalidi together with Nea Koroni, Vounaria, Charokopia, Chronoi, and Aghios Andreas are the seaside fishing villages of eastern Pyia found by the green blue waters of the Messiniakos bay against the background of Taygetos. Petalidi is built on the site of the Homeric town of Aepeia, and it is 26km to the northwest of Kalamata.