Read about Tolo and the Municipality of Nafplio

Tolo is one of the most popular seaside villages of the Peloponnese. The once fishing village has been transformed into one of the most popular holiday destinations of Andhra Pradesh.

Recently, mergers of municipalities to plan Kallikrates joined the municipality Nafplio.

Located 12 km south of Nafplion and belongs to the Municipality of Nafplio. The majority are located in a beautiful cove bay. The picture is both picturesque, romantic and undeniably beautiful.

Tolo has a beautiful beach which has - in part - and a great reputation throughout the region. The clean sea, extensive golden and fine sand (which is aptly named Fine sand beach) and the excellent organization of the beach are some of the reasons have established Tolo beach as one of the most cosmopolitan in the Peloponnese and beyond . In the area there is the possibility for all kinds of water sports.

Tolo hotels of all categories and rooms and apartments. Feature is that people spend their holidays in Tolo all ages. Here you will find families and groups of young people to enjoy the sea, the sun and the beauty of nature, to dine in beachside taverns abundant fresh fish and seafood. But as night falls, their paths separated. Others prefer to relax while listening to the waves on a quiet seaside tavern or coffee-bar, while those who want to enjoy the nightlife of the area caters to all tastes.

In 1718, Tolo used as a station for the Venetian fleet. Monument of this period is the small church Pigi, built in 1688 and the ruins of the fortress on the island Daskaleio. Fortifications, ruins of houses and reservoirs found in the island of Tolo. During the Turkish occupation the people lived in constant terror and we are reminded Daskaleio operated on the homonymous island in the bay.

In his "Secret School" secretly trying to learn children the language and history and rebuild their national consciousness. With the revolution of the Greek nation in 1821 Argolida the first capital of the newly established Greek state, Nafplion and the Greek government is trying to assist the insurgent Greeks occupied areas. So with the governor Kapodistrias resolution in March 1831 began a restoration effort of those who were forced to flee their homes and then resort to independent Greece. Tolo land allocated to refugees from Crete who were trying to escape the cleansing operations of the new conqueror, the Egyptian Viceroy Mohammed Ali, who had been granted the island in return for their service to the Ottomans. By Royal Decree in 1834 founded the port town of Tolo called Minoa in honor of King Minos of Crete. After the liberation of Crete from refugees who remained in the area created a small, picturesque fishing village that lived isolated, its own rhythms, which in 1916 becomes the community groves. From the mid-20th century backdrop of natural beauty of the bay, the serenity of the landscape and archaeological sites, such as Mycenae, Epidaurus etc. Tolo changes and becomes a constantly evolving tourist resort hosts tourists from many parts of the earth .

Tolo before the latest reforms and its integration in Nafplio municipality belonged to Assini municipality located in the Peloponnese, in the southwest of Argolida. Embraces Argolic bay beaches with a length of 20 km. and consists of five large and eight small villages, settlements, Tolo, Tolo, Nafplio, Iria and Karnazeika.

Nature has endowed him with mountain and sea and a wide smile hosting its inhabitants.

It has 6,000 inhabitants are mainly occupied with agriculture, fishing and tourism.

The agricultural area of ​​the region of Tolo is great and more than 52,000 acres. Citrus - especially tangerine - olives, artichokes and vegetables are the main product in the region. The hills that adorn the village smell the slopes full of wild mountain greens, chamomile, cyclamen, asparagus, bulbs, capers, oregano and thyme.

The climate is mild, sweet, with warm winters and cool summers. Has seasonal tourism, especially during summer in the classical sense of entertainment. Blue sea you will find sandy beaches with varying pleasures for young and old alike. Romantics will find the lacy beaches, picturesque bays ready to accept them lonely in their arms.