# Sunday on Marathon Bay from Athens: Dam, Museum, Tumulus, Fish in Nea Makri and Schinias The marble dam of the lake, the museum and the 490 BC tumulus in the morning, grilled fish at Argo in Nea Makri and the afternoon on Schinias beach. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/marathon/itineraries/sunday-dam-museum-and-nea-makri · Revisado: 2026-11-12 ## El día - 09:15 · Salida: 45 min by car (From the north of Athens, via Dionysos and the lake) - 10:00 · The marble dam of Lake Marathon (Free; the dam faced with Pentelic marble) - 12 min by car, 8 km - 10:45 · Marathon Archaeological Museum and the Plataean mound (€5; the trophy, Herodes Atticus and the Egyptian statues from Brexiza) - 10 min by car, 5 km - 12:15 · The Marathon tumulus of the Athenians (€5; closes at 15:30) - 9 min by car, 4,8 km - 13:30 · Argo, Ouzeri and Fish Taverna (Open every day from 11:30; you choose the fish at the counter. Book on 22940 92111) · Argo, Ouzeri and Fish Taverna, €€ - 14 min by car, 8,9 km - 16:00 · Schinias beach and pine wood (A swim or a walk under the pines) - 15 min on foot - 18:00 · Moraitis Beach, a Beach Club at Schinias (A coffee on the sand before heading back; closes at sunset) · Moraitis Beach, a Beach Club at Schinias, €€ - 18:45 · Vuelta (Along Marathonos Avenue; in Athens around 19:45) The other Marathon excursion is a long day with Rhamnous and dinner in Athens. This one is gentler and more Sunday-like: two history stops in the morning, a long fish lunch on the Nea Makri coast, as Athenians do at the weekend, and the afternoon on Schinias beach. You are home before dinner. ## The day, hour by hour 9:15 · Leave Athens. If you leave from the north of the city, go via Dionysos: you reach Lake Marathon from the west. From the centre, also by Marathonos Avenue, and leave the dam for the way back. 10:00 · The Lake Marathon dam. A wall from the late twenties faced with Pentelic marble, from the mountain that gave the marble for the Parthenon. It is free and takes half an hour. 10:45 · The museum, at Vrana. The victory trophy of 490 BC, the busts of Herodes Atticus and the colossal Egyptian-style statues from his sanctuary at Brexiza. Next to the museum, the tumulus of the Plataeans. €5. 12:15 · The tumulus of the Athenians. The Soros: nine metres of earth over the fallen hoplites, in the middle of the fields. €5. Arrive before 15:30, when it closes. 13:30 · Lunch at Argo. At the end of the Nea Makri promenade, on the sand. You choose the fish of the day at the counter, it is weighed in front of you and goes on the coals. Otherwise, portions of marida or sardines, at €9, and starters at €5. Open every day; book at weekends. 16:00 · Schinias beach. Several kilometres of sand with a pine forest behind, in the bay where the Persian fleet anchored. In summer, swimming; the rest of the year, a stroll. 18:00 · Coffee at Moraitis Beach. A beach club on the sand of Schinias itself, open all year until sunset. 18:45 · Back to Athens. An hour along Marathonos Avenue. ## Cómo llegar ### By car 40 km from central Athens, about 50 minutes. Between stops, 5 to 20 minutes. ### Without a car It does not work well: the sites are spread out. If you do not drive, a taxi for half a day is better. ## Consejos ### Never on a Tuesday The museum and the tumulus are closed. ### Free Sundays in winter From November to March, on the first and third Sunday of the month admission to the sites is free. ### Book lunch The Nea Makri coast fills with Athenians on Sundays. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### How much does the day cost? €10 in tickets and about €20 to €30 for lunch per person, plus the car. ### Is the taverna open on Sundays? Yes, Argo opens every day from 11:30 to midnight. ### Is there a beach in winter? The beach is still there; swimming is better from June to October. ### Does it work with children? Yes: the tumulus takes half an hour and the afternoon is beach.