Antikes Hellas

We travel to Mycenae on a morning bus from rainy Nafpilo. It`s a straight road north, mostly through an agricultural plain of Argolis. If the whole Peloponnesus can be taken to resemble a hand, Argolis would be its thumb: a stretch of land with perhaps the biggest density of major archaeological sites in the whole of Greece. Argos itself, despite being one of the longest inhabited sites in Greece, doesn`t offer much in the way of attractions. Or perhaps it does, what with a medieval castle, well preserved theatre and other ancient remains, but in comparison to other sites in the vicinity they are nothing special. And before the bus even reaches Argos, we see ...