March 1, 2011

Nafplio-Greece's First Capital-But Who Cares About That Right?

So our second stop on our Grecian tour was Nafplio, which is in the Peloponnese peninsula. It was in fact the first capital of an independent Greece but now it is more famous for its 3 fortresses. That's right people, 3. Sadly, we only got to visit one; which just happens to be the biggest and best one anyway ;) This place was HUGE! Seriously. It had a great view of the village and the sea (which is it's point I suppose.) We stayed at this great little hotel called Pension Dafni. The owner was super helpful and gave us great advice on where to eat and even called the port where we needed to catch our ferry to Hydra to check what time the boat left. We would stay there again. The town itself is small but really nice. Apparently it gets really busy in the summer time so we visited at the perfect time. Not many people except the occasional tourist and all the locals. We got in kind of late so we just had time to eat, go to bed, get up, see the fortress, then hit the road to catch our ferry. So here are some photos of this cool fortress.











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