What's on in Nafplio (Peloponnese), Greece through the year

Busy — Christmas holidays in Greece, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Argolid orange harvest (15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Argolid orange harvest (15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Busy — Athenian weekends, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Athenian weekends

  1 Mar – 15 NovDay-tripper crushCrowded

  Two hours from Athens on the new road, which makes this the capital's weekend town: Saturday nights in the old quarter are booked and Sunday lunch queues. Midweek it is a different, slower place.

Still on: Argolid orange harvest (15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Peak crowds — Athenian weekends, Orthodox Easter

• Holiday

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 AprEaster & Holy WeekCrowdedBook early

  The Good Friday epitaphios processions come down through the marble streets to the waterfront, and the whole of Athens seems to have booked the same weekend. Rooms go two or three months ahead. Source ↗

Still on: Athenian weekends (1 Mar – 15 Nov)

Quiet — travelers describe it as quiet, Athenian weekends

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: Athenian weekends (1 Mar – 15 Nov), Orthodox Easter (10–13 Apr)

Peak crowds — Athenian weekends, Summer holidays in Greece

• Season

  Sea warm enough

  15 Jun – 15 Oct · usually

  The town beach at Arvanitia is a slab of rock rather than sand; the swimming is at Karathona round the headland or at Tolo. The Argolic Gulf is sheltered and calm most days.

• Festival

  Nafplio Festival

  11–18 JulMajor festival

  A week of chamber music in the fortresses and the old buildings of the town, running since the late 1980s. Small venues, so the good nights sell out locally before they are advertised. Source ↗

Still on: Athenian weekends (1 Mar – 15 Nov)

Peak crowds — Athenian weekends, Summer holidays in Greece

• Hazard

  Midsummer heat on Palamidi

  1 Jul – 25 AugExtreme heat

  The staircase up to the Palamidi fortress is close to a thousand steps with no shade on it, and the site shuts in the early afternoon in summer. Go at opening or take the road up. Source ↗

Still on: Athenian weekends (1 Mar – 15 Nov), Sea warm enough (15 Jun – 15 Oct (usually)), Nafplio Festival (11–18 Jul)

Peak crowds — Athenian weekends, Summer holidays in Greece

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Athenian weekends (1 Mar – 15 Nov), Sea warm enough (15 Jun – 15 Oct (usually)), Midsummer heat on Palamidi (1 Jul – 25 Aug)

Peak crowds — Athenian weekends, Summer holidays in Greece

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Athenian weekends (1 Mar – 15 Nov), Sea warm enough (15 Jun – 15 Oct (usually))

Busy — Athenian weekends, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Athenian weekends (1 Mar – 15 Nov), Sea warm enough (15 Jun – 15 Oct (usually))

Busy — Athenian weekends, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Argolid orange harvest

  15 Nov – 31 Mar · usually

  The plain between here and Argos is one long orange grove and it is picked through the winter, with fruit stacked at the roadside and the smell of it on the road to Mycenae.

Still on: Athenian weekends (1 Mar – 15 Nov)

Busy — Christmas holidays in Greece, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Argolid orange harvest (15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))