Nafplion Restaurants, Bars and Cafes, Nafplio, Greece

Nafplio is loaded with good restaurants with extensive menus, in English. All the tables are on the pedestrian streets or in the squares and it is just a matter of finding the one with the right scenary and the menu that appeals to you. Staikopolou street which is two blocks above Constitution Squatre (Platia Syntagma), has many of them and the rest are scattered around the city. There are also seafood restaurants on Boubalinas street along the waterfront. Everyone raved about Alaloum which is right off Filleninon Square and unfortunately for us was closed for the month of June. Try The Palio Arhontiko (Old Mansion) at 7 Siokou street recommended by the gastronimical experts at Lonely Planet and is popular with tourists as well as the Athenians who flood the city on weekends. We ate at Vassilis Taverna at Staikopoulou 22, which my local friends told me is the best for traditional home-style cooking. I made the mistake of insisting upon Mytilini Ouzo which may have been a mistake since Ouzo Karoni has been bottled in Nafplio since 1869, by the same family, using the same recipe and it tastes pretty good to me and the locals are quite proud of it. To insist on any other is practically an insult. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).