Mycenae, Epidaurus, Nafplio private full day trip from Athens
Mycenae, Epidaurus, Nafplio private full day trip from Athens
- 8-9 Hours
- UP TO 14 PERSONS
- FREE CANCELLATION
We offer pick-up to the following places for this experience:
- Your hotel in Athens (we meet you in the lobby)
- Your apartment or rental in Athens (we meet you at the building entrance)
- Piraeus port, for cruise and ferry passengers (we meet you at the port gate)
Send us your exact pick-up address when you book. Somewhere else? Ask us for details.
Mycenae, Epidaurus and Nafplio in a day
Walk into the Bronze Age at Mycenae, through the Lion Gate and up to the palace of Agamemnon, with the beehive Tomb of Atreus nearby. Then cross the Argolid plain to Epidaurus, where the ancient theatre seats 14,000 and a whisper from the stage reaches the top row. The day winds down in Nafplio, Greece’s first capital, beneath the Palamidi fortress.
A private full-day trip from Athens: hotel pick-up, an air-conditioned vehicle and a driver who knows when each site is quietest.
Plan it: read the Mycenae guide and the Epidaurus guide, or compare all 19 private tours.
Frequently asked questions
- Professional drivers with deep knowledge of history (not licensed to accompany you in any site)
- Hotel/ airport/ port pick-up and drop-off
- Private transportation
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Wi-Fi available in selected vehicles, ask when booking
- Bottled water
- Lunch stop (flexible): at a partner restaurant, arranged on request (ask us for details), or a place of your own choice; at your own expense unless agreed in your quote
This one skips Ancient Corinth and gives the time to Mycenae, Epidaurus and Nafplio instead, so it fits in 8 to 9 hours rather than 9 to 10. If you want Corinth as well, book the Ancient Corinth, Mycenae, Epidaurus, Nafplio trip.
Yes. We collect you at the port gate and return you there with a safe margin before all-aboard. Tell us your ship times when booking and we will set the pick-up accordingly.
Your driver-guide speaks English, Greek and French and briefs you between stops, but drivers are not licensed to guide inside archaeological sites. A state-licensed guide can be arranged on request at an extra charge. Entrance tickets are not included.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure.
Tour itinerary
8-9 hours | 4 places | 1 stop for lunch
Pick-up in Athens
Hotel, apartment or Piraeus port pick-up at 08:00.
Corinth Canal
A photo stop on the bridge over the canal, an hour from Athens.
Mycenae
Forty-five minutes on to the citadel of Agamemnon: the Lion Gate, the grave circles, the palace on the summit, the Treasury of Atreus and the museum. Entrance tickets are not included.
Drive to Epidaurus
Forty-five minutes across the Argolid plain.
Epidaurus
The best-preserved theatre of the ancient world, the sanctuary of Asclepius and the museum.
Nafplio
Forty minutes to the sea: lunch by the harbour, then the Venetian old town and the view of Bourtzi and Palamidi. Lunch is flexible: a partner restaurant arranged on request (ask us for details) or a place of your own choice, at your own expense unless agreed in your quote.
Return to Athens
Two hours on the motorway, at your hotel around 17:00.
Map Overview
Available Pickups
NOTE: Pick-up starts 10 minute(s) before departure.
We offer pick-up to the following places for this experience:
Tour info
Experience type
Day tour / activity
Difficulty
Easy
Booking in advance
Cut off: 1 day
Live tour guide
English