Nafplio

Drizzle was the order of the day until around midday when the sun came out.
We left our hotel at 9am and drove into Nafplio. The city of Nafplio was strongly European feel. The streets were so beautiful to walk through. Many buildings had little balconies and most had planter boxes with many different kinds of plants and flowers.
We lunched here then boarded the bus to Mycenae archeological site.
In the second millennium BC, Mycenae was one of the major centres of Greek civilization—a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece
Then a literal 2 minute bus ride to Tiryne site
It was a huge underground room which was like a dome inside.
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