ANCIENT TOWN
Made bourgeois, welcoming princes
Nafplion has been inhabited since ancient times and from the middle ages through to the early 19th century Nafplio was occupied by the Byzantines, the Franks, the Venetians, the Turks and the Ottomans, eventually being recaptured by Staikopoulos in 1821 at the beginning of the revolution. Between 1821 and 1834, Nafplio was the first capital of Greece (after which Athens was assigned) and it was in Nafplion that the first prime minister Ioannis Kapodistrias was assassinated outside the Agios Spiridonas church, where the bullethole is still visible. This succession of occupations left an amazing mixture of architecture, most of which still stands and has been preserved in the old town. The Palamidi and Acronafplia fortresses meant that Nafplio was an extreme stronghold and each occupier added more to the castles. The Bourtzi castle in the harbour was built by the Venetians to keep pirates out and to protect the town from sea invaders, it is possible to visit this lovely monument by water taxi from the harbour which is probably the most photographed castle in Greece.

DROMOSKALES
Dromoskales are the streets with stairs, that unites the port of the city with Akronafplia. The upper town is connected to the port with many street-stairs and just a few roads.
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BEACHES
Karathona, a well set up beach ideal for swimming and sunbathing, is situated just a 5 minute drive by car outside the town and stretches around the coast in a half moon shape.
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BOURTZI
A castle like a postcard that never loses its color, with the photographic gaze of Stewart Carolan.
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Mycenae
The history of the place is connected with the ancient Mycenae, where hitting the heart of the first major terrestrial Greek civilization, the Mycenaean.
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ARGOS
Six miles away from the city of Mycenae, the ancient city of Argos. Founded by Foroneas and taking the name of his son.
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EPIDAYROS
The Ancient Theater of Epidaurus is located in Argolis, the archaeological site of Asklepios. The theater of Epidaurus is the most beautiful
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