The gods of ancient Greece blessed the Northern Peloponnese with natural beauty, and forgotten civilizations left behind their mysteries. The region includes several distinct geographical areas: on the eastern side are the Argolid plain and the Corinthiad, where Tiryns and Epidauros are. Here, too, the ruined city of Mycenae, with giant tombs to the heroes of Homer's Iliad, stands sentinel over the plain, where warriors once assembled en route to Troy. Nearby Nafplion, with its ancient Greek, Venetian, and Turkish edifices jutting into the Bay of Argos, is the most beautiful city in Greece. More »