Mystras
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Full: €20.00 Reduced: €10.00 Access to: Archaeological Site and Museum of Mystras
Practical
Mystras: opening hours
- Summer hours April 1 – August 31 Daily
- 08:00 – 20:00
- September 1 – 15 Daily
- 08:00 – 19:30
- September 16 – 30 Daily
- 08:00 – 19:00
- October 1 – 15 Daily
- 08:00 – 18:30
- October 16 – 31 Daily
- 08:00 – 18:00 On Tuesdays, the Palace at the Archaeological Site of Mystras is open to visitors from 11:00 until closing time.
- Winter hours 1 November – 31 March Daily
- 08:30 – 15:30
Mystras: closing days
The site remains closed on the following dates and public holidays: January 1, March 25, May 1, Easter Sunday, December 25 & 26.✓ hh.gr/en/destinations/mystras · 2026-10-10Mystras: what should I know before visiting?
Last admission: 20 minutes before closing time✓ hh.gr/en/destinations/mystras · 2026-10-10Mystras: how to get there
On foot 20 minutes from the settlement of Neos Mystras By bus By intercity (KTEL) bus from Sparta, bus terminal near the parking lot of the Lower Gate (5 minutes on foot to the site entrance) By car 8 minutes from Sparta✓ hh.gr/en/destinations/mystras · 2026-10-10Mystras: is it wheelchair accessible?
People with disabilities may only access the Palace of the Despots using a specially adapted passenger vehicle, during working days and hours … subject to prior arrangement with EFALAK [email: efalak@culture.gr, Tel.: 27310 25363 (EFALAK offices)/27310 83377 (Mystras archaeological site)]✓ odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/eh355.jsp · 2026-10-10Mystras occupies a steep foothill on the northern slopes of Mt. Taygetos, 6km. NW of Sparta. The castle on the top of the hill was founded in 1249 by the Frankish leader William II de Villeharduin. After 1262 it came under Byzantine control, and at the middle of the 14th century became the seat of the Despotate of Moreas. In 1448 the last emperor of Byzantium, Constantine XI Palaeologos, was crowned at Mystras.