DREPANO, VIVARI

CANDIA, IRIA

DREPANO and VIVARI are two pleasant villages a short bus ride south-east of Nafplio, best known, perhaps, for its alluring beaches and good seafood taverns by the beach. While you're there you can visit the churches of Ag. Spiridon and Ag. Paraskevi in Drepano, and the not very accessible in Vivari ruins of a Venetian castle from 1714.

The peculiar PROFITI ILIAS, the rock that juts up from the landscape in the photo above is described here.

Travelling further east, you'll soon arrive in CANDIA (pron. Kadja), which offers a gravel beach, and “Aga’s Tower" which is the remains of the house the local Aga lived in when Greece was under Ottoman rule. Close by you can climb up to the city's small Mycenaean acropolis, where now a small church, St Eleousa, rests. Not exactly top-class attractions, but the view from the church is amazing, as shown in the picture.

In IRIA, maybe you're lucky and are here in May or June, when the village

celebrates their artichokes with a festival? Tou can also visit the signal tower

from the7th century and admire the view.

Read about the beaches in the area here.