General Information

Nafplio, is the capital of Argolida prefecture, 148 km from Athens and has 14.000 residents. It was the first capital of newer Greece and has a lot of neoclassic buildings, historical squares, old churches, venetian balconies and Turkish mosques.
In Palamidi one can admire the ruins of seven fortresses, many cells that used to be prisons as well as the historical church of St. Andreas that dominates from the Venetian times. In one of these cells Kolokotronis was put to jail. Six of the seven fortresses have the names of ancient warriors and generals (Themistoklis, Miltiadis, Achilles, Fokion, Epaminondas, and Leonidas). The abrupt, curved on the rock 857 steps constitute the ideal way to approach them and as one ascends the beautiful marine background reveals.
Akronafplia, the peninsula of Nafplio, with the castle of Greeks in the southern side and the castle of Franks in the westerner, connected with a secret passage with Palamidi.
In Mpourtzi you will see the small fortress build from the Venetians. It is 450m from the mole of Nafplio and in Venetian times it was linked with Akronafplia with a chain, that closed the entry of the harbour for undesirable ship. After the liberation, Mpourtzi was the residence of the executioners of Palamidi, while for a small period of time it functioned as a hotel.
In the city are many sights that testify of its historical importance. Some of them are the Square of Constitution and the churches of St. Georgios, St. Spiridona and St. Nikolaos.