A sunny Saturday afternoon in late October and the town is buzzing despite the tourist season being over. We circle repeatedly around the congested port car park and are lucky to snag a spot a stone’s throw from our apartment in the old town. It seems to be all locals this time and subsequently we discover that this is a holiday long weekend which probably explains the numbers.
Nafplia is a charming little gem. It is a port city set on the sparkling blue Gulf of Corinth. For us it is the stepping stone for Corinth and Mycaenae but it is worth a wander through the old town and settle down for a meal or a drink along the shore opposite the pretty Palmidi fortress on an island in the Gulf. All around there are crenellated fortress wall on the mountains which are the backdrop.
In the afternoon some 20 minutes drive away is the Greek theatre at Epidaurus, a complex dedicated to the god of healing, Asclepius constructed in the 4th century BC. The ancient theatre there is regarded as the best preserved in Greece and the acoustics are such that people in the back row could hear a whisper on the stage.
