Nafplion - Mycenae - Sparta

Active travelers can climb Palamidi Fortress on foot and there are 999 steps up. The rest can use a car, there is a parking lot at the entrance to the fortress.

Continue your acquaintance with Nafplio. History lovers can visit the Archaeological Museum of the city, where findings from the whole Argolida region (Mycenae, Epidaurus, Lerna) are collected. And those who want to get acquainted with the traditional Greek drink ouzo can visit the small museum and shop of the company Karonis, one of the oldest producers of ouzo and other drinks in Greece.

The central square of Nafplion, where the archaeological museum is located.

Get in the car and go on a further journey.

Famous Greek sculptor Stelios Marangos's workshop-museum-shop. Visible from afar thanks to a large model of a Trojan horse. It is possible to order in advance a master class on making clay products, which will be especially interesting if you travel with children.

Ancient Mycenae, where the Mycenae civilization arose. From here, from a palace of tsar Agamemnon the army in the Trojan campaign went, and the ancient myths which have appeared a reality, have led on these hills at the end of XIX century Henry Schliman who has found here gold of Mycenae. Before climbing through the Lion's Gate to the ruins of the palace, take a look at the local archaeological museum.

Be sure to stop at the impressive domed tomb, the so-called Treasury of Atrey (admission ticket to these 2 places is common).

Lunch in one of the local taverns and departure to Laconia region, the home of the Spartans.

Stop at the monument to King Leonidas, almost the only place in modern Sparta that reminds us of heroic times.

Accommodation in the nearby village of Mistre at the foot of Mount Taiget or in Sparta itself. "Sparta" dinner in one of the taverns, rest.