Nafplio packs an extraordinary amount into a small and beautiful town, and a good itinerary makes the most of it. One day covers the three great sights, two days add the museums, the beaches and the slower pleasures of the old town, and three days turn the town into a base for the ancient sites … Read more
Nafplio is one of the easiest towns in the Peloponnese to reach, about two hours from Athens by a good road and served by frequent buses. There is no train and no airport at the town itself, so nearly everyone arrives from Athens or its airport by bus, car, taxi or organised tour. Knowing the … Read more
Nafplio is a rewarding destination in every season, but the best time to visit depends on what you want from the trip. Spring and autumn bring warm, comfortable days ideal for climbing Palamidi and walking the old town, summer is hot and lively and best for the beaches, and the mild winter is quiet, cheap … Read more
Nafplio is a town of fortresses and marble streets rather than a beach resort, but the coast around it offers everything from a pebble cove a step from the old town to long sandy bays a short drive away. Arvanitia sits beneath the walls of Palamidi, Karathona stretches sandy and shallow beyond the headland, Tolo … Read more
Nafplio is one of the most rewarding towns in Greece to stay in, and where you base yourself shapes the whole visit. Most visitors choose the marble-paved Old Town for its boutique guesthouses and unbeatable atmosphere, but the seafront, the New Town of Pronia, the heights of Acronafplia and the nearby coast at Tolo each … Read more
Nafplio is the perfect base for exploring the northeast Peloponnese, set at the heart of the Argolid within easy reach of the greatest ancient sites in Greece. From the town it is a short drive to the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae and the theatre of Epidaurus, and a longer excursion to Byzantine Mystras, the … Read more
Nafplio is the most beautiful town in the Peloponnese and the first capital of modern Greece, a place of three fortresses, marble streets and a harbour crowned by an island castle. It packs an extraordinary amount into a small space: the great Venetian fortress of Palamidi on the hill, the island fort of Bourtzi in … Read more
Bourtzi is the little castle that sits alone on a rock in the middle of Nafplio’s harbour, the image that appears on every postcard of the town. Built by the Venetians in the fifteenth century on the tiny islet of Agioi Theodoroi, it guarded the entrance to the port with a great chain strung across … Read more
Palamidi is the great fortress that crowns Nafplio, one of the finest Venetian strongholds anywhere in Greece. Built in just three years in the early eighteenth century on a rock some 200 metres above the town, it is not a single castle but a chain of eight self-contained bastions linked across the hilltop, reached by … Read more