Glyfada is a big town, south of Athens centre where wealthy Athenians go to relax themselves in their second residences, which are often huge villas.
Located on the coast, it is one of the most popular places to go during summertime.
This is where most of the Greek population goes to enjoy the incredible quantity of trendy clubs and bars boarding the town and the coast. The town of Glyfada also contains a lot of luxurious shops, hotels and cafes which are particularly crowded during summer. Near the town you can find a lot of private beaches as well as some lovely rocky creeks less crowded than the big sandy beaches.

Situated at 65km from Athens, this is an amazing site that can’t be missed. Majestic, rising out of the Aegean, this splendid rocky promontory carry on its highest point the Temple of Poseidon. Constructed around 600 BC it was destroyed in 480 BC by the Persians and rebuilt in 440 BC by Pericles. If you look closely at the Doric columns rising above the coast you can find, on one of them, the signature of Lord Byron who was so captured by the beauty and the grace of the temple that he included it in his paean to Greek independence in his poem “Isles of Greece”.
An hour from the temple you can find some nice beaches. Some are owned by hotels which charge you to let you swim but you there are a lot of free public beaches as well and some seaside stretches (along the bus route) which are always almost empty.

This region situated at 42km north-east of Athens is a well-known site where the famous battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC, between the Greeks and the Persian army. After the bloody battle, a messenger named Pheidippides ran 42km to Athens to announce the victory of the Greeks and then died from exhaustion. This story is the origin of the marathon foot race in witch today runners trace Pheidippides route.
8km from the town of Marathon you can fin the Lake Marathon which is faced with a huge Pentelic marble dam (50m high and stretching for 300m), marble that was used to build the Parthenon.

This lake was Athens’ sole water source until 1956. Nearby, in the little site of Ramnous overlooking the sea, you can admire the beautiful ruins of the Doric Temple of Nemesis (435 BC), goddess of retribution as well as the 6th-century small temple of Themis, goddess of justice and law. If you want to stay in a historic context, you can also visit the Archaeological Museum of Marathonas.

This interesting region also offers some little rocky inlets with clean and nice water as well as the really long and beautiful beach of Schinias.

On Attica’s east coast, this is the second most important port for passenger ferries and appears like a smaller, quieter and less confusing version of Piraeus. You can take ferries for some islands like Andros, Hydra, Lesvos and Limnos and also for the port of Marmari and Karystos on the island. Otherwise, you can choose to take one of the fine high-speed catamarans for Tinos, Mykonos, Paros, Naxos, and Amorgos.
Around the area of this lovely port you can find a lot of small beaches and some camping sites.

This sandy and pine-fringed is one of the most famous Athens beaches. It is located in the south-east of Marathon and it is known as the best beach in this part of Attica. Because of its popularity and beauty there are often quite a lot of people, especially during the weekends. This great beach is well-known by windsurfers all overs because it is really long and located in a windy area. There is a good windsurfing club situated at the end of the beach. You can reach this heavenly place easily by bus from the centre of Athens town.

Located on the east coast of Athens, this is the nearest of all Athens beaches. Because of its proximity it’s usually really crowded and quite dirty. But it’s a great place to go by night because it offers a lot of café, bars and fish taverns.