Promenade

All that remains of the lower walls that were constructed in 1502 to encircle the city is one bastion, the so-called Five Brothers, intended to defend the harbor and named for five Venetian cannons, all bearing the lion of St. Marks. A beautiful seaside promenade extends beyond the Five Brothers, skirting the southeastern tip of the peninsula, following a ledge between the Acronafplia above and the rocky shore below. Arvanitia beach, at the end of the promenade, is popular with residents who gather here to chat and swim from the rocks and a pebbly shoreline.