Athens to Marathon battleground extended Tour
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In Brief
Let us take you on a private tour, and follow the footsteps of the Olympian Gods and Pericles' in a pilgrimage to the 5th century BC, known as the "Golden age of Athens”. You will see the most important monuments of Athens including the Temple of Zeus, the Panathinaic stadium, the magnificent buildings of the Academy of Athens, and the University, but above all, you will admire the imposing Parthenon Temple on top of the Acropolis hill.
The tour will also take you to visit the battleground of Marathon, in the outskirts of Athens. You will travel back in time, to that summer morning in 490 B.C, when the dawn broke; it found the Athenian troops stood ready for battle on the coastal plain near Marathon, northeast of Athens. They awaited the charge of their mighty enemy, the King of Kings of Persia; Darius the Great. His relentless expansion was headed westward, toward the heart of the ancient Greek world, a society he aimed to subjugate.
But the Athenian General Miltiadis had different plans. He showed how Strategy can annihilate the numerical superiority of the enemy in the upcoming confrontation, which meant to be one of the most decisive as well as earliest recorded battles in human history.
Know before you go: Tours with a licensed expert guide
As we want to offer the best service to our guests, we have carefully
selected expert licensed guides to ensure the best experience possible.
Our team consists of a group of young professionals of high-expertise
in the fields of Archaeology, History, History of Arts or graduates
of the official 'Greek State School of Tour Guides'.
Hence, they are well-trained to share their knowledge with the public
in an interesting and fun way. Their academic background works as a
springboard immersing you into the wealth of Greek culture and holding
your undivided attention for the whole duration of the tour. Despite the
aforementioned assets though, it is their enthusiastic character and
passion about their field of study that unquestionably guarantees you a
memorable tour experience.
- The Acropolis hill, the Parthenon, temple of Athena Nike, the Propylaea, the Erehthion temple.
- The Panathenaic Stadium (erected in 338 BC as part of the public works carried out in the city of Athens by the orator Lykourgos, renovated in 1896 for the first modern Olympic games)
- Temple of Olympian Zeus
- Other Must see monuments of Athens
- The plain of Marathon and the 9 m-high tumulus (burial mound) which shelters the bodies of the 192 Athenian warriors that fell in the battle.
- Marathon museum
