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The next morning I felt so much better, ready to tackle the sunny and much warmer day . Nafplion is a peninsula and its coast has shallow waters. Too shallow for a big cruise ship to get near the harbor. So we were tendered by the boats to land. That always takes a while to get everyone on dry land.
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  But we made it on time to catch the bus which took us through a very scenic 45 min. drive to our destination: the Unesco World Heritage Sight of Epidaurus, dedicated to Asclepius, the God of healing. Though only the foundation of this place is left, however the remarkable theater is still intact. We hiked up those steps to the top. The amazing thing is, that no matter where you stand you can hear the voices from the stage very loud and clear. It is mind boggling that in 5 BC they knew about perfect acoustics, the best in the world.  
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 On our way back to the bus stop I was delighted to see a bunch of puppies. They were so cute, I almost took one with me. The bus drove us back to Nafplion through the beautiful country side. The guide gave us plenty information. For example Greece has 11 million Inhabitants, hundreds of islands, make a living by growing olive trees, fruit trees, textile, ceramic, leather goods, silver and gold jewelry, etc.  
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 Tourism is their biggest income maker. When we got back to Nafplion the bus dropped us off 700 feet above town at the fortress. You can also reach this fortress by climbing 1000 steps. We were glad we came here by bus, because there were many more steps to climb on the fort itself, but all the effort was worth it . What a sight!!! I enjoyed this place too much, therefore almost by a hair missed the bus. But they kindly waited for me. Oopsy! Otherwise I would have had to make those 1000 steps down to the village. Ouch. Jim went back to the ship, but I wandered through the village. There is always so much to see, but so little time.

Nafplio (Modern Greek: Ναύπλιο) is a seaport town in the Peloponnese in Greece that has expanded up the hillsides near the north end of the Argolic Gulf. The town was an important seaport held under a succession of royal houses in the Middle Ages as part of the lordship of Argos and Nauplia, held initially by the de la Roche following the Fourth Crusade before coming under the Republic of Venice and, lastly, the Ottoman Empire. The town was the capital of the First Hellenic Republic and of the Kingdom of Greece, from the start of the Greek Revolution in 1821 until 1834. Nafplio is now the capital of the regional unit of Argolis.

The name of the town changed several times over the centuries . The modern Greek name of the town is Nafplio (Ναύπλιο).[2] In modern English, the most frequently used forms are Nauplia and Navplion.[3]

During the Classical Antiquity, it was known as Nauplia (Ναυπλία) in Attic Greek[4][5][6][7] and Naupliē (Ναυπλίη) in Ionian Greek.[4] In Latin, it was called Nauplia.[8]

During the Middle Ages, several variants were used in Byzantine Greek, including Náfplion (Ναύπλιον), Anáplion (Ἀνάπλιον), and Anáplia (Ἀνάπλια).[7]

During the Late Middle Ages and early modern period, under Venetian domination, the town was known in Italian as Napoli di Romania, after the medieval usage of "Romania" to refer to the lands of the Byzantine Empire, and to distinguish it from Napoli (Naples) in Italy.

Also during the early modern period, but this time under Ottoman rule, the Turkish name of the town was Mora Yenişehir, after Morea, a medieval name for the Peloponnese, and "yeni şehir," the Turkish term for "new city" (apparently a translation from the Greek Νεάπολη, Italian Napoli) . The Ottomans also called it Anabolı.

In the 19th century and early 20th century, the town was called indiscriminately Náfplion (Ναύπλιον) and Nafplio (Ναύπλιο) in modern Greek. Both forms were used in official documents and travel guides. This explains why the old form Náfplion (sometimes transliterated to Navplion) still occasionally survives up to this day.

Country    Greece

Administrative region                Peloponnese

Regional unit              Argolis

Area

 • Municipality           390.2 km2 (150.7 sq mi)

 • Municipal unit       33.62 km2 (12.98 sq mi)

Highest elevation     10 m (30 ft)

Lowest elevation     0 m (0 ft)

Population (2011)[1]

 • Municipality           33,356

 • Municipality density               85/km2 (220/sq mi)

 • Municipal unit       18,910

 • Municipal unit density           560/km2 (1,500/sq mi)

Community[1]

 • Population             14,203 (2011)