Listed 7 sub titles with search on: Main pages for wider area of: "NAFPLIO Municipality PELOPONNISOS" .
ASSINI (Ancient city) ARGOLIS
Ancient Asine has been identified with the rocky promontory, today
called Kastraki, by the village
of Tolo.
The excavations began in the 1920’s by a French team but were
continued by the Swedish after the Crown Prince of Sweden
visited the site. They investigated the Acropolis and the parts of the southern
and eastern slopes of the Barbouna hill across it. It was found that people had
lived in the area more or less continuously since the Early Bronze Age or the
beginning of the third millenium BC until late Antiquity, approximately the fourth
century AD.
Asine was never a major site in the Argolid
but it nevertheless played an important role as a wellprotected harbour during
its history. Its strategic importance is very much in evidence at the site, where
today mainly the Hellenic fortifications are preserved. They were repaired in
Ottoman times and reused by the Italian occupation forces during the Second World
War.
Today, within the site there is a church dedicated to Virgin Mary.
This text is cited March 2004 from the Tolo
Business Association tourist pamphlet.
DASKALIO (Isolated island) ASSINI
Behind Romvi
there is an island called Daskalio, which was fortified by the Venetians and there
are remnants of that fortification preserved until today.
The church of Panagia Zoodohos Pigi, built in 1688, rises on the highest
point of the island.
This text (extract) is cited March 2004 from the
Prefectorial Self-Government of Argolida tourist pamphlet.
DENDRA (Village) MIDEA
In the Vicinity of Dendra, the archaeological excavations in 1938
dag up magnificent carved and vaulted tombs, the funeral gifts of which were transferred
and are now permanent exhibits in the Museums of Nafplio
and Athens. The most prominent
among these finds are the mycenean panoply, which was made in around 1450BC, and
the urn depicting an octopus, representative of the naturalistic technique.
The archaeological site in Dendra is one of the most important archaeological
sites of the Province, as
it is for that matter shown by the finds of more recent excavations in that area.
This text (extract) is cited March 2004 from the Prefectorial
Self-Government of Argolida tourist pamphlet.
TOLO (Small town) ARGOLIS
An old fishing village, Tolo is spread out along a lovely beach and
its inhabitants are renowned for their hospitality.
In its sparkling sea you ’ll be able to enjoy swimming, fishing
and every kind of water sport. As for accommodation as well as your entertainment,
Tolo boasts many hotels and furnished apartments, not to mention a great variety
of bars, discos, tavernas, bouzouki clubs, cafes and other family-run businesses
that offer the homey hospitality that has come to characterize the place.
A modern tourist centre surrounded by ancient sites - Asine,
Epidaurus, Tiryns,
Mycenae, Argos,
the Heraion, Nafplion-
Tolo makes it easy to visit them by local bus, organized tours, car or motorbike.
Daily excursions are also possible to Mystra,
Sparta, Olympia,
Delphi and Athens,
while cruiseships and Flying Dolphins take you sightseeing on Spetses,
Hydra, Poros
and Monemvasia.
Tolo is ideal for any kind of holiday, whether you want simply to
bask in the pristine Greek sea, or whether you want to get to know the beautiful
scenery and archaeological sites of the Peloponnese,
both nearby and further afield.
This text is cited March 2004 from the Tolo
Business Association tourist pamphlet.
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