Foinikounta (Greek: Φοινικούντα, before 1930: Ταβέρνα - Taverna[2]), also known transliterated as Finikounda, Finikounta, or Finikous, is a seaside village and a community in the municipality of Pylos-Nestor, Messenia, Greece.

It is most notable for its beautiful beaches which attract mostly Greek and other European visitors during the summer months.

[3] The ancient town Phoenicus (Φοινικούς) was mentioned by Pausanias as a port west of Cape Akritas.

[4] It is believed that it was a small commercial port where the fishers of murex trunculus (a sea snail from which a known indigo dye is produced) could trade their product and has vanished in our days.

[citation needed] The present village was founded in the 1840s by inhabitants of Lachanada, that had fled from Crete and Arcadians from Crisovitsi.