# Day Trip to Marathon from Athens: the Museum, the Athenian Tumulus, Rhamnous and Schinias Beach

The museum and tumulus of the 490 BC battle, the sanctuary of Nemesis at Rhamnous, the afternoon on Schinias beach and dinner with the Acropolis in front of you.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/marathon/itineraries/museum-tumulus-rhamnous-and-schinias · Revisado: 2026-11-12

## El día
- 08:30 · Salida: 45 min by car (Marathonos Avenue from the northeast of Athens)
- 09:30 · Marathon Archaeological Museum and the Plataean mound (Battle trophy and Egyptian statues · €5; with the tumulus of the Plataeans)
  - 10 min by car, 5 km
- 11:00 · The Marathon tumulus of the Athenians (€5)
  - 30 min by car, 17 km
- 12:00 · Rhamnous, the sanctuary of Nemesis above the sea (Sanctuary of Nemesis and Themis · €5; closes at 15:30)
  - 15 min by car, 14 km
- 14:30 · Schinias beach and pine wood (Eat something at a beach taverna and swim under the pines)
- 18:00 · Vuelta (Return via the Lake Marathon dam)
  - 1 h by car, 45 km
- 20:00 · Electra Roof Garden, en Athens (Dinner on the Plaka rooftop; book on 210 337 0000) · Electra Roof Garden, €€€

Marathon is 40 km from Athens and almost nobody goes. It is a pity: the plain where the battle was fought in 490 BC is still there, with the tumulus of the dead in the middle of the fields, a museum that explains it, a sanctuary of Nemesis above the Euboean strait and a long pine-backed beach in the bay where the Persians anchored. This plan combines the three things in the morning, before they close at 15:30, leaves the afternoon for the beach and returns to Athens for dinner.

## The day, hour by hour

8:30 · Leave Athens. By Marathonos Avenue, about 50 minutes.

9:30 · The museum, at Vrana. The victory trophy, the busts of Herodes Atticus, who was born here, and the Egyptian statues from Brexiza. Next to the museum, the tumulus of the Plataeans. €5.

11:00 · The tumulus of the Athenians. The Soros, nine metres of earth over the fallen hoplites. €5. Half an hour to walk round it and imagine the plain without houses.

12:00 · Rhamnous. Twenty minutes north, above the sea. The temples of Nemesis and Themis and the path of tombs up to the fortress. €5. It closes at 15:30: do not dawdle.

14:30 · Schinias. You go down to the bay, have something to eat on the beach and swim in the shade of the pines.

18:00 · Return. If you like, via the marble dam of Lake Marathon.

20:00 · Dinner in Athens. At the Electra Roof Garden, with the Acropolis lit up; book.

## Cómo llegar

### By car
40 km, 50 minutes. Between the sites, 10 to 25 minutes.

### Without a car
Complicated: the sites are spread out. A taxi for half a day is the alternative.

## Consejos

### Never on a Tuesday
Everything is closed.

### Ruins before 15:30
The beach, for the afternoon.

### Bring swimwear
Schinias is the reward.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How much does it cost to see Marathon?
€5 each: museum, tumulus and Rhamnous.

### Which day does it close?
On Tuesdays.

### Is there a beach?
Yes, Schinias, with pines, ten minutes from the tumulus.

### Can you go without a car?
Difficult; better by car or taxi.