Town Of Nafplio

One of the fortresses

After we left Athens we went to Nafplio and spent 3 nights there. Nafplio is on the Peloponnese Isthmus in the Argolic Gulf. It was the first capital of Greece after Independence (1833-1834). Because of its location it had three fortresses. We visited two of the fortresses and one of them, the Palamidi, was 45 floors of stairs but when we got to the top it was closed because of a strike (we actually knew that it was closed, we just wanted to see the view). The next day we went to see the other fortress, Akronafplia. It had lots of cannons and it was on top of a hill but not as tall as the Palamidi. We did not visit the other fortress because it was on a little island but we did see it.

Trail on the sea

Stairs to the Palamidi fort 

Our apartment was across the street from a very good bakery that we went to a lot of times because there were so many good pastries. There was a trail next to the sea that we walked on many times. One day we rented some bikes and biked on a long trail to a beach then biked back and got some very good treats from the bakery.


One day we took a bus ride to the site of ancient Mycenae. Mycenae is where the Greek hero Hercules was given his 12 labors. The ancient Greeks believed that the huge stone walls around the city were made from cyclops because the stones were so big (slaves were probably the ones who made it though).

I really liked staying in Nafplio.

Pastries from the bakery

 My brother, my dad and me with the bikes

Mycenae ruins 

Agemnon's tomb in the ruins