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Locator map for Tripoli municipality in Greek region Peloponnese (2011)
Alexandros Papanastasiu, político y primer ministro griego, 1932.
A view from Agias Theodoras
The seat of Theodoros Kolokotronis
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Trípoli

Peloponnese, Greece · Europe

About Trípoli

Trípoli sits on the route: 15 minutes from Aléa, 38km from Palamidi Fortress.

Trípoli is in Peloponnese, Greece, with about 27,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Aléa, about 7 km away.

Tripoli (Greek: Τρίπολη, romanized: Trípoli; Katharevousa: Τρίπολις, romanized: Trípolis) is a city in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the Peloponnese region as well as of the regional unit of Arcadia. The homonymous municipality had 44,165 inhabitants in 2021.

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What is there to see near Trípoli?

Within an hour or so of Trípoli: Dimitsana (31 km), Palamidi Fortress (38 km), Nafplio (38 km), Mycenae (41 km).

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The nearest famous roads are Langada Pass, Galaxidi and Athens Riviera Coastal Road.

Where is Trípoli?

Trípoli is in Peloponnese, Greece, about 7 km from Aléa.

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Quick Information

Population
26,561
Continent
Europe
Country
Greece
Region
Peloponnese
Timezone
Europe/Athens
Coordinates
37.5096, 22.3788

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Greece

Police
100
Ambulance
166
Fire
199
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right

Tourist police (English-speaking): 171.

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Worth the detour from Trípoli

7 notable places within an hour's drive.

landmark

Dimitsana

An amphitheatre of stone mansions stacked above the Lousios Gorge in mountain Arcadia, once a gunpowder workshop for the 1821 revolution. Its open-air water-power museum still runs mills, tanneries and powder wheels.

31 km · about 35 min drive

castle

Palamidi Fortress

A massive Venetian hilltop fortress above Nafplio reached by climbing 999 stone steps, offering sweeping views of the Argolic Gulf.

38 km · about 45 min drive

landmark

Nafplio

Greece's first capital, an elegant Venetian-era seaside town in the Peloponnese with the clifftop Palamidi fortress and a castle-topped islet.

38 km · about 45 min drive

ancient ruins

Mycenae

The legendary citadel of King Agamemnon and center of the Mycenaean civilization, famous for its Lion Gate, beehive tombs, and massive Cyclopean walls.

41 km · about 50 min drive

ancient ruins

Mystras

A spectacular fortified Byzantine ghost city on a steep hillside near Sparta, with churches containing precious medieval frescoes.

48 km · about 55 min drive

mountain pass

Langada Pass

Legendary mountain road between Sparta and Kalamata, carving through the Langada Gorge over the Taygetus range: hairpins, sheer drops and some of the finest driving scenery in the Peloponnese.

48 km · about 55 min drive

ancient ruins

Ancient Messene

One of Greece's most complete and least-crowded ancient cities: a vast 4th-century-BC site with an intact stadium, theatre, agora and the massive Arcadian Gate, spread below the village of Mavromati.

55 km · about 65 min drive

Driving roads near Trípoli

3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.

  • 48 kmLangada PassLegendary mountain road between Sparta and Kalamata, carving through the Langada Gorge over the Taygetus range: hairpins, sheer drops and some of the finest driving scenery in the Peloponnese.
  • 78 kmDiakofto–Kalavryta Rack RailwayA century-old cog railway threads the dramatic Vouraikos Gorge by tunnel, bridge and waterfall.

Driving in Greece

Drives on
the right
Petrol
~€1.88/litre
Motorway tolls
~€7.00/100km

When to drive here

April to October

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