The Nafplio Festival has hosted some of the brightest ensembles and artists of the international classical scene and has been honored with the distinction of the best festival by the Union of Greek Music Critics. In the context of its activities, over 300 Greek and foreign artists have appeared, including some of the most famous names in the world, as well as 25 Quartets, 20 Symphonic and Chamber Orchestras, and a multitude of emerging young artists. Its concerts, which are held with symbolic ticket prices, at the enchanting monuments and squares of Nafplio, have attracted more than 200,000 Greek and foreign visitors, both from the local community, who have loved and supported it since the first year, as well as from Athens and the rest of Greece, while it has steadfast friends who attend every year, underlining the cultural value of the Festival.