Greece

Nafplion is a small city with thousands of years of eventful history and a unique character, full of style and beauty.

Kate Hudson's most recent stop during her travels around Greece was in Nafplio, a seaside town in the Peloponnese. 

A fire that broke out a little after noon on Saturday is raging in a grassy mountainside in the Koutsouria area close to Nafplio, with the flames moving towards residential areas, local media report. According to the Fire Department, 26...

A Panamanian-flagged freighter named ''Sibel'' run aground on the sandy shoals off Peloponnesian town of Nafplio on Saturday. The vessel had a total of 13 crew on board, all non-Greek nationals, and no injuries were reported. The vessel was loaded...

Almost 400 runners joined the 2018 Castle Run in the town of Nafplio on Sunday, considered one of the toughest races in Greece. The 5 km race includes a steep climb on the historic castle of Palamidi, overlooking the town,...

A strong storm with thunder and lightning hit Greece’s first capital, Nafplio, in the Peloponnese, illuminating the purple night sky. Earlier in the day in other parts of the Peloponnese, extreme and spectacular weather impacted Sparta as a hail storm rained...

A family of seven beautiful flamingos arrived in the Nea Kios wetland near the coastal town of Nafplio, Peloponnese on Friday. Visible in the background is the historic Venetian castle known as Bourtzi, built on an island in Nafplio harbor,...

Cruise ship MS Oosterdam, carrying more than 1,800 passengers, made a spectacular entrance to the Gulf of Nafplio in the Peloponnese on Friday. The Dutch-flagged vessel, charted during the Athens 2004 Olympics to accommodate officials, anchored off the port which...

Dozens of historical buildings Nafplio are about to crumble due to time decay and the negligence of authorities, according to the Athens News Agency. City residents are complaining since some of the buildings are on busy streets and there is...

It is not everyday you see an armada of luxury yachts from all over Europe descend upon one city, but Nafplio in the Peloponnese is hosting dozens of vessels for the rich and famous ahead of a maritime show...

Nafplio residents woke up to an impressive, and slightly scary, phenomenon this week as the full moon caused a low tide which revealed a new beach. The waters in front of Nea Kios village moved dozens of meters back into...

Greece has a long and chequered history of being ‘under siege’. In the previous millennium alone, Byzantine, Ottoman, Frankish, Venetian and German occupation have all left their mark, not to mention the ongoing ‘economic siege’ currently taking it’s painful...

Harlequins and Venetian heroes from the Helix Action Theatre in Nafplion paraded on Sunday, February 5, marking the opening of the carnival season. Every year the municipality of Nafplion enhances and enriches the Carnival events to offer both its citizens...

On Sunday morning the Club Med 2, the world's largest sailboat cruise, made an appearance at Nafplio as it docked for the day. Built in 1992 in Le Havre, France, the Club Med 2 has a length of 194 meters...

The legendary sailboat "Sea Cloud" arrived in the gulf of Nafplio on Sunday. The Sea Cloud, an authentic 1930s barque has hosted royalties, artists and famous politicians and has been a presidential yacht, a diplomatic palace an oceanology school as...