Marathon Half Day Private Tour

Athens

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Price from
€310
Duration
5 h
Group size
Private tour
Guide languages
English

Overview

This tour covers the historical place of Marathon (famous for the "Marathon Race" and for the "Marathon Battle" between the Greeks and the Persians)

This tour has a personalize character. The car will be only for you. The driver will try to face all your needs during the tour. You may easily customize the suggested itinerary in accordance to your wish.

JG Athens Tours gives specific attention to the quality than to the quantity.

Our clients' safety is of our outmost priorities.

Due to recent pandemia of Covid 19, increased precautionary measures of personal hygiene have been taken.

What's included

WiFi on board
Bottled water
Piraeus Port (Cruise terminal) Pick up & Drop off
English speaking Driver/guide (Not allowed to enter inside the archaeological areas & museum)
Air-conditioned vehicle
Private Tour
Hotel or Apartment Pick up & Drop off
Fuel surcharge
Local taxes

Not included

Airport pick up & drop off (On request with additional cost)
Entrance fees for the archaeological sights & museums
Licensed Tour Guide for escorting you into the sights (on request with additional cost)
Food and Drinks
Gratuities

What you will do

Marathon Lake
Our private tour starts with driving towards the northern side of Attica prefecture to Marathon. First stop is at Lake of Marathon, a technical lake which was created from the construction of the homonymous dam. The Marathon lake, until 60’s, was the main water supply for Athens. The Marathon Dam, which is a gravity dam, is an impressive and unique construction due to the reason that its external cladding was made with the famous white “Pentelikon marble” (the same marble was used for Acropolis of Athens).
20 min
Marathon Tomb
Our next stop is at the plain of Marathon where the famous battle between Greeks and Persians took place in 490 B.C. You will see the start point of the famous Marathon Race (race in honored of the Greek messenger Pheidipides who ran the distance from Marathon to Athens without any stop in order to announce the victory to Athenians). You will visit the “Tymvos” (Tomb - a burial mound that houses the ashes of the 192 Athenians who fell during the Battle of Marathon) and the Archaeological Museum.
1 h 30 min
Temple of Artemis
Last stop of our tour is at the Sanctuary of Goddness Artemis in Vraurona. Amongst others you will see the Artemis Temple, the “Π” Shared Stoa, and the Stone Bridge. You will also visit the Archaeological Museum with findings from Goddness Artemis Sanctuary. Our private tour concludes with the return in our starting place.
1 h 30 min

Meeting point

Pickup: If the pick up will be from hotel or apartment in Athens the meeting point will be just outside the entrance gate of the hotel or of the building. If the pick up will be from the Cruise Terminal at Piraeus Port we shall wait the passengers at the Exit Gate of the Cruise terminal holding label with their name.