# Acrocorinth, the Fortress Above Corinth

What to do en Corinth · Corinth

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/peloponnese/corinth/things-to-do/acrocorinth · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Desde: 5 € per person
- Duración: 2 h
- Temporada: All year, 8:30 to 15:30
- Para quién: Families with children who can walk; closed shoes

Castle · 2 h · €5 · Three rings of walls at 575 m above the two gulfs, from archaic Corinth to the Venetians and the Ottomans

What it is
Acrocorinth is the 575-metre rock that dominates Ancient Corinth and was its acropolis for more than two thousand years. Its walls, about 3,000 metres long, enclose 240,000 square metres in three successive enclosures, with a deep moat on the west side. The first are from the archaic period, from the tyrant Cypselus; later the Byzantines, Franks, Venetians and Ottomans extended them, and the Ottomans surrendered it to Kolokotronis and the Greek revolutionaries on 26 October 1823. Inside remain gates, towers, a mosque, cisterns and, at the top, the remains of the Temple of Aphrodite.
The climb
You park next to the first gate, where there are toilets. From there you walk up a paved path that passes the three gates; the ground is uneven and slippery. What pays for the climb is the view: the two gulfs, the canal, Parnassus and the plain of Corinth at your feet. From Ancient Corinth you can walk up in about 45 minutes, uphill and in the sun.
Admission and opening hours
€5 (reduced, €3). Open from 8:30 to 15:30 all year, including winter Tuesdays; last entry 20 minutes before. Free on the same days as the other state-run sites and on the first and third Sunday from November to March.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.hh.gr/en/?p=12192
- Coordenadas: 37.8913, 22.8706

## Cerca de aquí

- [Ancient Corinth and Its Museum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/peloponnese/corinth/things-to-do/ancient-corinth), a 1.8 km
- [Marinos Rooms](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/peloponnese/corinth/where-to-stay/marinos-rooms), a 2.1 km
- [The Diolkos, the Causeway for Dragging Ships](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/peloponnese/corinth/things-to-do/diolkos), a 9.9 km
- [The Corinth Canal from the Pedestrian Bridge](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/peloponnese/corinth/things-to-do/corinth-canal), a 11.0 km
- [Kalamaki Beach Resort](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/peloponnese/corinth/where-to-stay/kalamaki-beach-resort), a 11.8 km
- [Boat Crossing of the Corinth Canal from Isthmia](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/peloponnese/corinth/things-to-do/corinth-canal-boat-crossing), a 12.3 km
- [Isthmia Submersible Bridge](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/peloponnese/corinth/things-to-do/isthmia-submersible-bridge), a 12.4 km
- [Aquarius](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/peloponnese/corinth/where-to-eat/aquarius), a 13.0 km

## Consejos

### Go up before 13:00
It closes at 15:30 and the full visit takes two hours.

### Bring water
There is nowhere to buy it at the top.

Destino: [Corinth](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/peloponnese/corinth.md)