Argolid Peloponnese

Argos, Greece: The Complete Guide to One of the World’s Oldest Cities

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The great ancient theatre of Argos cut into the hillside

Argos is one of the oldest continuously inhabited towns in the world, lived in for some seven thousand years, and a great power of the ancient Greek world. Only a short drive from Nafplio, it holds one of the largest ancient theatres in Greece, cut into the hillside and seating twenty thousand, along with Roman … Read more

Things to Do in Nafplio: The Complete Guide to Greece’s First Capital

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Panorama of Nafplio with Palamidi fortress, the old town and the Argolic Gulf

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