Nafplio to Mycenae and onto Athens

We bussed down the hill from the hotel for a relaxed morning in Nafplio, a coastal city founded in antiquity. Nafplio became an important seaport in the Middle Ages, developed under the Republic of Venice and then the Ottoman Empire. It was the second capital of the First Hellenic Republic and the Kingdom of Greece, from 1827 until 1834.
Apparently it is called the “Venice of the East” and its connections were evident in the architecture and the quaintness of the old city. A few hours moving through shops and from coffee and cakes house soon eat up the hours.

We then visited Mycenae, an archaeological site that once served as a major centre of Greek civilisation. It was a military stronghold that dominated much of southern Greece, Crete, the Cyclades, and parts of southwest Anatolia. The city is dated back to 1600BC making it one of the oldest places of significance.もっと詳しく