Nafplio, Greece.

I'm back on the mainland and touring the Peleponesse region.

A local Athenian told me the bus trip would take about 1.5 hrs. After traveling 2 hours I saw a sign that said 12klm to go and figured, 'ok I'm close'. After another 20 minutes a second sign appeared to say 12klm to Nafplio! Eventually after about 2.5 hours I was there.

When I stepped off the bus I asked myself "where the hell am

I?"

I checked into my room and thought, 'gee I'm cheap'.

Opened the window and saw zero.

Then I went for a long walk and all was revelled.

Nafplio is a seaport town west of Athens and for a short period of time (1821-1834) it was the capital of Greece.

I don't normally like making comparisons of one city to another but to me it has real Italian look and feel to it. Then again that's not surprising because the Venetians ruled the city for a short period of time and had a large influence on its design.

Both the new town and the old are very small and very quaint.

After giving myself a few hours it was clear to see why I chose to come here.

A picturesque township with plenty of boutique cafes, bars and restaurants. The port on one side...

and the magnificent Palamidi Fortress on the other...

I'll post more pictures and tell you all about that later 🙂