Half-Day Excursion Marathon presents an exceptional natural landscape. It features the unique artificial lake of Attica (Marathon Dam), abundant greenery, fertile plains, and 12 kilometers of sandy beach in the historic bay of Marathon. Nature has endowed Marathon with abundant beauty, and the variety of natural wonders is remarkable, such as the gorge of Oinoi,…
Half-day excursions The Holy Monastery of Panagia Gorgoepikoou in Mandra (also known as Gorgoypikoou) is a 20th-century ecclesiastical institution and monastery located in the area of Mandra, Attica. It belongs to the Holy Metropolis of Megara and Salamina. It is a female monastery to which many miracles are attributed by the faithful, all of which…
Half-day Excursions At the southernmost tip of Attica, where the Attic sky meets the Aegean Sea, stands proudly the Temple of Poseidon, the mythical god of the sea. Perched on the steep cliffs of Cape Sounion, it will whisper to you its myths and history, from ancient times to the present day… Between myth and…
Half-day excursions The Panathenaic Stadium: A Cultural Symbol of Greece The Panathenaic Stadium is one of the most significant monuments of Athens and all of Greece. Its history is intricately connected with the modern Olympic Games, from their revival in 1896 to the Athens Olympic Games of 2004. The Olympic flame is lit here every…
Half-day excursions In the mid-6th century BC, the Athenian Agora was established to the northwest of the Sacred Rock of the Acropolis, between the hills of Areopagus and the Agora Kolonos. For at least the next four centuries, it became the center of the city during the Classical and Hellenistic periods. In this space, the…
Half-day excursions The Erechtheion: A Temple of Unique Architecture and Mythological Significance The Erechtheion is a refined structure with a distinct character and architectural form, located on the northern side of the Acropolis hill. It was constructed between 421 and 406 BCE, replacing an earlier temple dedicated to Athena Polias, known as the “Old Temple,”…
Half-day Excursions The Holy Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos Penteli, also known as the Monastery of Penteli, is a historic male monastery located on the southern side of Mount Penteli in Athens. It currently belongs to the Archdiocese of Athens. The Monastery was built in 1578 by Saint Timothy, the Bishop of Euripus,…
Half-day excursions The Temple of Athena Nike is located on the southwestern side of the Sacred Rock of the Acropolis, at the spot where the Mycenaean-era tower, which protected the entrance to the Acropolis, once stood. The classical temple was built between 426-421 BC, based on designs by the architect Kallikrates. It is the successor…
Half-day excursions The Odeon of Herodes Atticus, commonly known as the Herodeion, is an ancient Roman-era odeon located on the southwestern slope of the Acropolis of Athens, at the western edge of the South Slope. It was the third to be built in ancient Athens, after Pericles’ Odeon, also on the South Slope (5th century…
Half-day excursions The Tower of the Winds, also known as the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrrhestes, is one of the most charming archaeological monuments of Athens. It is located in the Roman Agora, in the Plaka area, and is considered the first meteorological station in the world! Built entirely of Pentelic marble in the first half…
Half-day excursions The Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens were built on the western side of the rock, in the place where the gate of the fortification of the Mycenaean acropolis was located. Around the middle of the 6th century BC, during the time of the Peisistratids, and while the area had already been transformed…
Half-day excursions The temple that the Athenians dedicated to their city’s protector, Athena Parthenos, is the most magnificent creation of Athenian democracy during its golden age and the most perfect in terms of composition and execution among the buildings of the Sacred Rock. It was constructed between 447–438 BC as part of the larger building…