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- Portuguese
- English
- English
- Italian
- Italian
- French
- French
- Spanish
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Nafplio was engineered as a machine of war, a fortress high on the crags, gun bastions at the waterline and a small castle on an island in the bay, and then it became the first capital of modern Greece. This self-guided walking tour traces that layered history across ten stops in the old town, from the bullet mark left by an assassination to a mosque that ended up as a cinema.
Everything runs from your own smartphone, and no app is needed. You get a map of the full route, directions between stops, and a short audio story at each location followed by an interactive quiz. Start whenever you like, pause for a coffee, and pick the walk back up where you left off.
The route climbs from the great staircase up to Palamidi, passes the Venetian Land Gate, the old-town churches and marble Syntagma Square, and ends on the harbour looking out at the island fortress of Bourtzi. No physical guide, no group, no fixed schedule. Audio and text in 7 languages.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Start your self-guided tour at the foot of the great staircase up to Palamidi Fortress, on Polyzoidou Street at the eastern edge of the old town. Open your Ciceru experience nearby and follow the route on your smartphone.
The tour ends at Filellinon Square on the Nafplio harbourfront, with the island fortress of Bourtzi offshore. Take a moment to enjoy the waterfront before finishing your walk.
Itinerary
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Palamidi Castle (Pass by)
Stand at the foot of the monumental stone staircase that climbs the cliff to Palamidi Fortress, and hear how it was cut into the limestone by convicts held in the fortress prison above.
Admission ticket free -
Land Gate (Pass by)
Pass through the Venetian Land Gate, once the only way in and out of the fortified lower town, where a drawbridge was raised at sundown and latecomers were shut out for the night.
Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
See the old town's cathedral, a 16th-century Venetian basilica with a neoclassical bell tower added for King Otto, and Italianate wall paintings including a copy of The Last Supper.
Admission ticket free -
Church of Agios Spyridonas (Pass by)
Look for the small glass frame on the wall of this 1702 Venetian basilica, protecting the bullet mark left by the 1831 assassination of Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greece's first governor.
Admission ticket free -
Trianon - The Old Mosque (Pass by)
See Nafplio's oldest surviving Ottoman building, a late 16th-century mosque that has served as a church, a school and a conservatory, and took its French name from the cinema that opened inside it in 1915.
Admission ticket free -
Syntagma Square (Pass by)
Step into the marble-paved heart of the old town, ringed by Ottoman mosques, a 1713 Venetian warehouse that now holds the Archaeological Museum, and a 1930s bank built to look like a Bronze Age palace.
Admission ticket free -
Vouleftiko (Old State House) (Pass by)
View the domed Ottoman mosque that was converted in 1825 into the first parliament of independent Greece, and later served as the courtroom for the treason trial of Theodoros Kolokotronis.
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(Pass by)
Climb toward the Acronafplia ramparts for the clocktower that looks out over the old town's rooftops, rebuilt after the war on fortifications laid down across two thousand years.
Admission ticket free -
Five Brothers (Pass by)
Reach the sea-level Venetian gun bastion named for the five cannons on its platform, the only intact surviving bastion of the lower town's fortification ring.
Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
Finish on the harbourfront square, where a marble obelisk honours the philhellenes and the island fortress of Bourtzi sits a few hundred metres offshore.
Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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