Palamidi castle

 
 High above the town is Palamidi castle. There are castles and fortification everywhere in the Peloponnese. This area was conquered and reconquered numerous times. It passed from Sparta rule to Roman and when the Romans lost to the Byzantine empire, the crusaders came to reconquer it. Greece and its surrounding area was divided between the Frankish crusaders and the Venetians. This fortification was built by the Venetians. It later fell to the Ottoman Turks. So in this little town one sees some Orthodox churches and a mosque. The mosque has been converted into a cinema but we couldn't find it. Anyway one can climb the 900 steps up to the castle or.....

 take a taxi up there and walk down the 900 steps. This was what we did.

 It had stunning views of Nafplio down below, the sea and the surrounding farmland areas.

We were more interested in the wild flowers. They were everywhere. The wild flowers were such a delight. The most ubiquitous were the little white daisies. They form a white 'carpet' under the trees and they cascade down the slopes. They were my downfall, in one town I got so excited, I fell and rolled down a hill. I'll tell you about it later.