The Bottom Line
If you're exploring the Peloponnese and have an interest in worry beads, this is a don't-miss stop. Consider it as a break if you're driving from Athens to Mycenae, Epidauros, or Corinth.
Pros
- If you love worry beads, you'll be in heaven here
- Displays cover the development of worry beads
- You can buy both antique and modern strands of worry beads
Cons
- Nafplion location is a bit out of the way for casual visitors to Greece
Description
- While amber is the traditional material for worry beads, you can find them in almost any material.
- Nafplion is a pleasant, pretty Greek city which attracts tourists as well as locals.
- Komboloi strands can't be beat as beautiful, light, easy-to-pack gifts for the worriers back home.
Guide Review - Komboloi Museum
For many years, worry beads were looked down upon as something a little too charming for modern Greeks. Recently, Greeks have reclaimed this tradition and the melodic clicking of worry beads can be heard almost everywhere, from boardrooms to bars. One of the most determined voices in praise of the worry bead has been Aris Evangelinou, who wrote a book entitled "The Komboloi and Its History" which has stimulated Greek interest in the common beads.
The Komboloi museum occupies an historic 18th-century two-story corner building in Nafplion, with the store and workshop on the ground floor and the museum displays on the second.
KOMBOLOI MUSEUM
Rallou - Helen Evangelinou
25 Staikopoulou St.
Nafplion 21100
Argolida
Greece
Tel-Fax : (01130) 27520 21618
e-mail :arisevag@otenet.gr
