Nafplio
The capital of the Argolid prefecture and the former capital of the
Greek state (from 1828 to 1834, before this role passed to Athens),
Nafplio is one of the loveliest towns in all Greece. The old city
with its neoclassic houses, picturesque streets, wooden balconies
with cascading flowers, Turkish fountains, Constitution (Syntagma)
Square with its fascinating mosques and outdoor cafe tables is like
a fairy land.
Here, after centuries of struggle, happiness has finally settled.
You feel like immersing yourself in its history, burrowing into its
past at the house of the Regent Mauer, the Military Academy, the Parliament
House or St. Spyridon's, the church where Kapodistrias, the first
governor of Greece, was assassinated. And the fairy tale world continues,
whether you climb up the 857 steps to the Venetian Fortress of Palamidi
crowning the city, wander round the battlements of Acronafpia or pop
over to the fortified islet, Bourtzi, afloat in the middle of the
bay. Nafplio is full of the joy of life with the little restaurants
on the waterfront, the open-air cinemas, the bars and the music that
every evening takes you closer to the people, the sea and the stars.
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