Your day, step by step
08:30
Tender ashore. Take a taxi from the pier up to Palamidi before the heat builds (opens 08:00 from May to August).
08:45
Palamidi (€20). Walk the bastions, then walk down the stairs into the Old Town.
10:30
Archaeological Museum on Syntagma Square (open 08:30–15:30, closed Tuesdays), then the Old Town lanes.
12:00
Lunch, for example at Karamalis taverna or one of the fish restaurants on Bouboulinas Street.
13:00
Walk the Arvanitia promenade below Akronafplia to Arvanitia beach for a swim.
14:15
Walk back towards the waterfront, about 20–30 minutes at an easy pace.
14:45
Coffee or ice cream within sight of the tender pier.
15:00
Join the tender queue, 90 minutes before all-aboard.
- Latest you can leave Old Town (Syntagma Square)15:00
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Old Town (Syntagma Square)Walk to the tender pier, up to 15 min, then the tender queue15:00
- PalamidiTaxi about 10 min or the stairs down, then the tender queue14:30
- Arvanitia beachPromenade walk 20–30 min, then the tender queue14:30
- TirynsCar about 10 min, then the tender queue14:45
- MycenaeCar or coach about 30 min, then the tender queue13:50
- EpidaurusCar or coach about 40 min, then the tender queue13:40
Where people get Nafplio wrong
Timing the day from the 17:00 sailing time instead of all-aboard and forgetting the 90-minute tender buffer.
Built from our Nafplio guide, checked against 14 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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