Nafplion Reviews -General

To go to Nafplion, we drive the highway (from Athens) through the Corinth Channel. We were driving half an hour up and down to find the famous Channel, but in the end, by poor accident we found it. Believe me, it was not that obvious from the highway. It was really nice to see and we were very sorry that we could not go on a boat trip on the Channel, it could have been a nice experience but it was extremely expensive. So we decided to admire the Channel just from the bridge. Later on, we understood that there is only one tourist agency to organise boat trips on the Corinth Channel, which is a pity because in lack of concurrence they really have high prices.

So we went on towards Nafplio. Not far away, there is an ancient Greek theatre, they say it is one of the nicest in Greece. Unfortunately, it was 1st of May, and although the place was full of tourist buses and cars of tourists, this place was closed. They really made us angry here, as there were 2 men sitting in the cashier office. They were simply sitting there and telling to the tourists that sorry, no tickets today it is closed. It was such a nonsense, what the hell they were doing there in the office if it was closed? In general, we could not understand how come that most archeological sites in Greece were closing at 2 p.m.

Wouldn't be nicer to visit these wonderful places at sunset? Why we have to climb up to these ruins when the sun is the hottest? I can say that we were very happy about entrance fees (they were quite cheap, most places are for free for students!) but opening hours were really terrible and there were no organised guided tours. There are so many things to learn about this cultural heritage, I just do not understand why Greek tourist industry does not exploit it.

As all sites were closed we went to see Nafplio. Really nice seaside town, full of restaurants and bars. We liked it and found a beautiful camping nearby with orange trees at the seaside. Next morning we climbed up to the castle of Nafplio, really worth to see. Epidauros was also interesting, it is a pity that the only information we learned from the guardians was "3 o'clock closed", they were repeating this continuously. And they really closed at 3 o'clock.