I say "in a day" because Rick Steves recommended 2 days for it, including the 2 side trips, but actually all of it was easily doable in a day. I just elected to put Mycenae the next morning on the way out to save some useless driving, but it did easily fit at the end of the day thanks to its later opening hours (20:00)

Day started with a yummy breakfast made by the pension:

Next to the pension, there was a very nice orthodox church:

So the day started with a side trip to the Ancient Theatre at the Asclepieion of Epidaurus (click me for blog). Best preserved theatre in greece:

After that, and finding a parking spot downtown, which was a tad challenging, managed to get to port just in time for a bi hourly boat to Bourtzi fortress:

lots of friendly cats everywhere

Back in town, the city walk went by some small churches and minor museums:

museums closed quite early, some around 14:30, so getting an early morning was a good thing

After the bourtzi fortress in the water, the 2nd one was Akronafplia's Castle, which you could drive up to, but there is also an elevator to it:

nicer view from up there

even a cactus garden

more friendly cats ;)

you can see Palamidi from Akronafplia's walls

a godo picture of Akronafplia from Palamidi

You can't really see that fortress from the fortress itself, but it had great views. Of course, the most impressive one is clearly Palamidi Fortress (click me for blog), which you can hike up, but it's a long ass painful hike. I went with the 10mn drive around ;)

even better view from up there

While this could have been pushed into the end of the first day, to get a bit of rest, a nice dinner, and avoid an extra hour of driving to Mycenae and back to Nafplio for the night, I moved Mycenae to the next morning on the drive out (click me for blog)

Nice dinner to end the day

While this could have been pushed into the end of the first day, to get a bit of rest, a nice dinner, and avoid an extra hour of driving to Mycenae and back to Nafplio for the night, I moved