Browsing Month: June 2022

One of the highlights in the north of the Peloponnese Peninsula is the Voraikos Gorge, and the Odontotos Railway, a rack railway that parallels the river in the gorge between the towns of Diakopto (on the coast) to Kalavrita (in the mountains).

We spent 6 days in the city of Nafplio and visited a couple of its beaches, explored its centre, and roamed two of its fortresses, Palamidi and Akronafplia. Where did we stay and how was day-to-day life? Due to some technical issues, we lost a bunch of photos and movies. Fortunately, Lara had been FaceTiming […]

We saw Palamidi Fortress from almost every location while exploring in Nafplio, and early on a Wednesday morning, we finally hiked up to explore it. The hill is named after the physician and astronomer Palamides, who was a a hero of the Trojan War. The views as we climb. Click the arrows to move through […]

During our explorations in lower Nafplio, we wanted to find a way to the Akronafplia Fortress. This included many stairs and narrow alleyways.

Nafplio is named after Nauplios, the son of Poseidon, and is a commercially and militarily strategic city. It had a very turbulent past, having been conquered numerous times: 1204 Greek 1212 Conquered by the French 1388 Sold to Republic of Venice and becomes known as “Napoli di Romania” 1540 Taken by the Ottomans under Sultan […]

On the way home from the Sanctuary of Asklepios (Epidavros), we took a slight detour to check out what is believed to be the oldest Mycenean bridge in Europe. The Mycenaean civilization existed prior to the Ancient Greek civilization, and consisted of mainland Greeks who were influenced by people in the Mediterranean and Crete.

On one of Neil’s vacation days, we drove 30 mins from Nafplio to visit the Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidavros. The highlight for Felix was the variety of vehicles he found on the site.

One of our first priorities in Nafplio after settling in and sourcing our groceries was to find beach. The weather was scorching and we desperately wanted to cool off. Paralia Arvanitias (Arvanitias Beach) is a 5 min drive or 15 min walk from our airbnb. The other beach we frequented was Karathonas Beach.

The weekend before our departure, Felix attended a friend’s birthday party. A few days later, his friend’s mom called to say that she’d tested positive for Covid. She drove Felix to and from the party. Fortunately, both were masked. The day before we were to leave for Greece, Felix started feeling unwell. He was feverish, […]

When we spent two months in Spain back in 2019, we travelled only with carry-on luggage, which on most airlines is a small suitcase that you can heft into the overhead bin and a small backpack/handbag to fit under the seat in front of you. The reasons for this were: Checking a bag costs extra […]