"Summer, Spring, winter or fall - anytime at all Nafplion will enthrall".
Those old, period houses and buildings. The slope of the town's small roads and cobblestone streets leading past mouth-watering offerings in food shops, cafes and tavernas. This multitude of features of the jewel of the Peloponnese continues with the seafood restaurants - fresh fish is displayed outside tempting you to enter and order another great meal. The challenge of climbing hundreds of steps up to the Palamidi (or driving up and laughing contentedly when you arrive still fresh as a daisy at the top!), the charming or romantic, the modern or history-soaked cafes. The wonderful places to stay and that classic view with the castle on the island. The fabulous surrounding areas, archaeology, vistas, views and tiny villages to venture towards and explore - this is a sample of the experience of Nafplion whether you immerse yourself in and learn about its history or not.

The place is smart in many ways - the town is not a beach resort and has some style to it....yet if you don your sandals and take a beach towel just ten minutes later, you can enjoy the soft sea, the sand and sun.
The place has appeal as only those villages with location and a good chunk of their history still showing above the surface, can. Overall this also means a higher quality and more style in the places you can stay.

Nafplion is named after its founder Nafplieus, son of Poseidon. History has roots which flower in today's view of the town: Amimomi is today the name of a superb restaurant at Nafplia Palace hotel and the name of Nafplieus's mother!
In 1828-1833 it was the capital of the newly established state of Greece. In 1862, it lead the dethronement of the Bavarian Dynasty. It is now a Greek city filled with history, charm, local food dishes, old churches, historical squares and neo-classical buildings.
Nafplion is overlooked by the Palamidi and Akronafplia castle on the hill which runs down to the sea, gathering the historic buildings on its way. A testimony to Nafplio's beauty and strategic location is that the Venetians made it the capital of their lands in Greece.