The Lion of Bavaria lies on the slope of a low hill at the eastern edge of Nafplio, a colossal figure of a sleeping lion hewn directly from the natural rock. It is easy to miss — there is no fence, no ticket office, just a path through the trees off Sidiras Merarchias Street.
The monument is fifteen minutes' walk from the old town and rewards the detour with a sense of how Nafplio was once the unlikely capital of a new European kingdom. Combine with a stroll along the seafront promenade towards the suburb of Pronoia.