Overview

Argolida, the northwestern province of the Peloponese, is the cradle of ancient Greek civilization.

The hilly landscape is covered with olive and orange groves and dotted with the ruins of Mycenae and Argos, the first mega-city states of Ancient Greece, and the important Mycenaean cities of Tyrins, birthplace of Hercules, and Assini, immortalized by George Seferis. The town of Nafplion, the first capital of Greece after liberation from the Ottoman Empire in 1830, is a jewel of an 18th century Mediterranean port town. Epidaurus, near Nafplion, is the best preserved ancient theater in Greece, and, to this day, the venue of ancient drama and other theatrical productions.