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One of the most beautiful towns in the area of Eastern Peloponnese as well as one of the most romantic cities all over Greece, Nafplio was the first capital of the newly born Greek state between 1823 and 1834.
Frankish, Venetian and Turkish conquerors left their mark in the town and strongly influenced its culture, architecture and traditions during the centuries. Ancient walls, medieval castles, monuments and statues, Ottoman fountains and Venetian or neoclassical buildings mesmerize the visitor with their unique architecture and beauty
As visitors go up or down the 999 steps of Palamidi, the image that is revealed to them is unique. Nafplio stretches out in front of them with the everyday sounds of a unique world and colors that overflow with culture and earthly and human beauty. With the blue of the sea and the sky matching the myth of the blue-eyed eyes of Nafplio, the son of Poseidon who founded it, the city of love unfolds in front of you the ornaments of its rich history.
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Duration: 7 to 8 hours
Starts: Athens, Greece
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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One of the most beautiful towns in the area of Eastern Peloponnese as well as one of the most romantic cities all over Greece, Nafplio was the first capital of the newly born Greek state between 1823 and 1834.
Frankish, Venetian and Turkish conquerors left their mark in the town and strongly influenced its culture, architecture and traditions during the centuries. Ancient walls, medieval castles, monuments and statues, Ottoman fountains and Venetian or neoclassical buildings mesmerize the visitor with their unique architecture and beauty
As visitors go up or down the 999 steps of Palamidi, the image that is revealed to them is unique. Nafplio stretches out in front of them with the everyday sounds of a unique world and colors that overflow with culture and earthly and human beauty. With the blue of the sea and the sky matching the myth of the blue-eyed eyes of Nafplio, the son of Poseidon who founded it, the city of love unfolds in front of you the ornaments of its rich history.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Palamidi Castle, Eikostis Pemptis Martiou, Nafplio 211 00 Greece
One of the most well-preserved castles in all of Greece, Palamidi offers spectacular views of the city from its loopholes, wonderful routes inside and terrifying terrain in the hole-prison of Kolokotronis,
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Bourtzi, The Harbor, Nafplio Greece
It was built by the Venetians in 1473 and was called Castello dello Soglio, meaning Castle of the Throne. “Bourtzi” was said by the Ottomans who came later, that is, a fortress, and its name remained.
The small thousand-photographed fortress on the islet of Agioi Theodoroi has been a prison and later a luxury hotel in the honored 60s. Today, it is the perfect postcard setting for every Nafplio sunset – here you will arrive in less than 10 minutes by boat
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Nafplio, Nafplio, Argolis Region, Peloponnese
Old Town
No wonder so many of its visitors fail to detach, and end up seeing nothing else: Its cobbled streets, which meander among doll mansions and under flowered balconies, are enough to fill an entire weekend. The stone steps that you will encounter every few steps lead to the above neighborhoods, where that dreamy silence that will bring to mind something from Monemvasia reigns.
In the center of it all, Syntagma Square with its impressive openness is the zero point of the old town, and what gathers around it most of the attractions:
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Karathona Beach, Nafplio 211 00 Greece
Perhaps the most beautiful route you can take in Nafplio, starts at the end of the waterfront and follows the paved sidewalk by the sea for about a kilometer, until it ends at Arvanitia Square – where the homonymous beach is located, if you want to attempt your first squabbles.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: War Museum Nafplio Branch, 22 Leoforos Amalias, Nafplio 211 00 Greece
The archeological museum of Nafplio is housed in the imposing Venetian stone-built building that closes with its impressive size and its strict, symmetrical form the western side of Syntagma Square. The building was built in 1713, during the Second Venetian Occupation, by the Fleet Provider Augustino Sagredo as a fleet warehouse, according to the marble Latin inscription on its façade. It is one of the most beautiful and best preserved buildings of the Venetian period in Greece.
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The new permanent exhibition of the museum is developed in two rooms of similar floor plan on the two floors of the building and is structured in thematic sections,
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Syntagma Square, Nafplio 211 00, Greece
tour of Syntagma( Constitution) SquareThe Parliament
Once upon a time, sometime in the 18th century, history tells us that two Venetians came to Nafplio to find a treasure that their father had hidden here while he was governor of the city. They met the Turkish Aga, in whose sarai the treasure was indeed found. But he killed them to keep him – a little later he regretted it, so he threw all the bloody money into the construction of a mosque, to ask God to forgive him. During his reign, during the reign of Kapodistrias, the Parliament of the newly formed Greek state was built. The Municipal Gallery of Nafplio can be visited on the ground floor today.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Nafplio, Nafplio, Argolis Region, Peloponnese
The Lion of the Bavarians
It’s impressive, it’s huge, it’s carved into the rock above Michael Iatrou Street, with a small park under its feet. The sleeping lion is the work of German sculptor Christian Ziegel, commissioned by King Louis, father of Otto, in memory of the Bavarian soldiers of Otto’s dynasty, who died in Nafplio in 1833 of a typhoid epidemic. The locals, of course, say that what killed them was the many bitter things they ate, hence the other, unofficial name of the monument (echm) Agouroon.
Duration: 30 minutes
