Syntagma Square, Nafplio: The Complete Guide to the Old Town’s Grand Square

Syntagma Square in the old town of Nafplio

Syntagma Square is the grand marble-paved heart of Nafplio’s old town, the finest square in the Peloponnese and the natural first stop for almost every visitor. Ringed by the buildings of Greece’s first capital, from the Venetian barracks that hold the Archaeological Museum to the old Ottoman mosque known as the Trianon and, close by, … Read more

Nafplio Old Town: The Complete Guide to Greece’s Most Beautiful Historic Quarter

A decorated marble lane in the old town of Nafplio

The old town of Nafplio is the most beautiful historic quarter in Greece, a maze of marble-paved streets, Venetian and neoclassical houses, and squares gathered beneath the fortresses on a headland by the sea. As the first capital of the modern Greek state, it holds the buildings where the young nation took shape, from the … Read more