Fortress · Nafplio, Peloponnese
Palamidi Fortress
Palamidi is a Venetian fortress completed in 1714 on a hill above Nafplio in Argolis, Peloponnese.
1 km in a straight line
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Nafplio
Nafplio is a town at the head of the Argolic Gulf in the Peloponnese which, Visit Greece says, was the first capital of the modern Greek state from 1827 to 1834. The same page places the Palamidi castle at the town's highest point and the Bourtzi fortress on the islet of Agioi Theodoroi just off its coast; Mycenae, Tiryns and Epidaurus are sites outside the town.
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Fortress · Nafplio, Peloponnese
Bourtzi, Nafplio
The Bourtzi is a Venetian fortress on a small islet at the entrance to Nafplio's harbour in Argolis, Peloponnese, reached by boat.
2 km in a straight line
Archaeological site · Nea Tiryntha, Peloponnese
Tiryns
Tiryns is the archaeological site of a Mycenaean acropolis with Cyclopean walls at Nea Tiryntha in Argolis, Peloponnese.
4 km in a straight line
Archaeological site · Mycenae, Peloponnese
Archaeological Site of Mycenae
The Archaeological Site of Mycenae is the Late Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae in Argolis, Peloponnese, with its Cyclopean walls, the Lion Gate and a site museum.
19 km in a straight line
Archaeological site · Lygourio, Peloponnese
Sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus
The Sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus is the archaeological site of an ancient healing sanctuary in the Municipality of Epidaurus in Argolis, Peloponnese, which includes the ancient theatre of Epidaurus and a site museum.
24 km in a straight line
Archaeological site · Ancient Corinth, Peloponnese
Ancient Corinth
Ancient Corinth is the archaeological site of the ancient city of Corinth, with the Temple of Apollo and a site museum, at the foot of Acrocorinth in Corinthia, Peloponnese.
38 km in a straight line
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Guides to Nafplio
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Travel Guide01
Greece travel guide: choosing mainland and island bases
XTOUR plans Greece around towns and islands rather than regions: Athens, Thessaloniki, Kalambaka, Delphi, Nafplio, Ioannina, Heraklion, Chania, Santorini, Mykonos, Rhodes and Corfu Town. This guide says what each base is for, which sites are reached from a base rather than inside it, and which XTOUR guide takes over for each of them.
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Travel Guide02
Greek letters on signs, and why Greek places have several spellings
Greek road and street signs are written in the Greek alphabet, with a Latin-letter line where appropriate, and the official romanization is the Greek standard ELOT 743. This article shows how the letters convert, why one town can appear as Kalambaka, Kalampaka or Kalabaka and one city as Heraklion, Iraklion or Irakleio, and where the official sources disagree.
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Travel Guide03
Minoan and Mycenaean: Greece's two Bronze Age civilisations
Minoan and Mycenaean are the names for the Bronze Age palace cultures of Crete and of the mainland. This explainer sets out what the official sources say about each, which sites and museums show them, and how much those sources leave unsaid about how the two were connected.
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Travel Guide04
Mycenae, Epidaurus, Olympia and the Peloponnese sites by base
The ancient sites of the Peloponnese covered here are not one cluster. This guide explains what Mycenae, Tiryns, Epidaurus, Olympia and Mystras each are, which of them XTOUR plans from Nafplio, and which have no base among XTOUR's destinations.
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Destination information last verified: October 9, 2026
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