The northeastern Peloponnese welcomes us at Argos, the ancient strong-point, today a point of departure for Nauplia - the first capital of free Greece - with the Bourtzi, an islet topped by a miniature fort, and the Palamidi rock. Ancient Tiryns and Mycenae, the ruins of the two power centres of the ancient Mycenean world, can also be reached from Argos.