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Impressive and calm
Nafplion Review: |
Date posted: Oct 09, 2009
Posted by: Vasilikiang
Times Viewed: 141
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Nafplion is a special town. It is busy a bit, but once you slide in the narrow streets of the Old Town, this is total calm. First thing to notice on Nafplion was the many stores with worry beads and ice-creams. Grab an ice-cream at hand and stroll around. In the Old Town, you will see ample squares and the church where Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first governor of Greece, was murdered.
Your steps will lead you to the port. Have a coffee with view to Bourtzi, a small islet at the entrance of the port with a strong castle on it. Then, take a small boat from the port to go there. It costs 4 euros a person with return and they leave every 30 minutes.
In the evening, head to Palamidi, the fortress above Napflion. You will need comfy shoes and light clothes because climbing up the Palamidi can be a bit of a trouble. The ground is upscending and paths are slipping, it is a big castle. Some (brave) people climb up the (I think) about 800 (maybe more!) stairs from the town to the castle but it seemed toooo tiring for me! From the top of the fortress, you will get the best views of the town and the sea. For the evening, I would suggest a small tavern at the port.
The most popular beach close to Nafplion is Tolo. The beach was great but I didn't like the village, it was very tourist. You could see only hotels and taverns there, almost no houses. The beach was clean, sandy, shallow and there are watersports (banana and jet ski). I saw that ships of Pegasus Cruises would leave from the port of Tolo and go for daily trips to Hydra, Spetses, Poros and Monemvasia.
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