Nafplio, a seaport town in the Peloponnese in Greece, invites travelers and locals alike to slow down. Photograph by Obie Oberholzer, Laif/Redux Greece’s coastal town of Nafplio, just a couple hours ...

"The Greeks love three things more than anything," our taxi driver confides of his countrymen. "Drinking coffee, socialising and protesting." Barely in the country an hour, we're navigating a wild ...

Greece's Peloponnese Peninsula: Nafplio, Olympia, the theater at Epidauros and Mycenae. Island getaways are fun, but the real heart of Greece is found in the Peloponnese Peninsula. After enjoying the ...

As we’ve had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine. Here’s one of my favorite European memories set in Greece’s Peloponnese ...

Greek wine? I worried it might be a poisoned chalice – steeped in retsina nightmares from youthful travels. But of course it isn’t. A whole new Dionysian world has opened up in Greece recently, ...

While most travelers to Greece head for the islands, I head for the hills — the mountains and valleys of the Peloponnese. Attached to the rest of Greece by a thin isthmus, this rugged land has always ...

Once home to Grecian gods and Ancient Olympia, the region now has some of Greece’s finest beaches. The Peloponnese in southern Greece is the stuff legends are made of, literally. Here, Greek gods and ...

Before this journey, I knew little about the Peloponnese – its immense beauty, diverse landscape and how much it feels like ...

I first went to Nafplio on a student road trip 20-odd years ago and have been back several times since with my family – I adore the place. My obsession is the Classical world, but this isn't just an ...

Alternatively, take the train (www.seat61.com). There are four trains a day from Athens (Larissa station) to Nafplio via Corinth (the second part of the journey is by narrow-gauge rail); the journey ...