Day trips · North-east Attica
Marathon and the Tumulus of the Athenians
Photo: KAMINSKA JOANNA · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Soros, a mound 9 m high and 50 m across excavated by Valerios Stais in 1890, holds the ashes of the 192 Athenians killed at the battle of 490 BC. The Archaeological Museum of Marathon, opened in 1975, displays finds from the battlefield and from the nearby Egyptian sanctuary. The site is quiet and takes little time; it pairs naturally with Ramnous further north.
All year round
HistoryShort StopCombining With RamnousArchaeologyBattlefieldMuseumQuiet
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