MARATHON BATTLE 490 BC

Visit Marathon battle fields and read the amazing history that is captured by the location and the burial mound, fill the area with a unique meaning. This 10m-high burial mound, sits 1km west of Marathon beach.

These battle fields become, one of the most popular coastal resorts in Attica located 40 km north east of Athens. Marathon bay or Schinias has a great reputation for its crystalline waters and the comfortable facilities. 5 km from Marathon bay, this excellent museum displays local discoveries from various periods, including Neolithic pottery from the Cave of Pan and finds from the Tomb of the Athenians.

THERMOPYLAE BATTLE 480 BC

Thermopylae is world-famous for the battle that took place there between the Greek forces (notably the Spartans) and the invading Persian forces, commemorated by Simonides in the famous epitaph, "Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, That here obedient to their laws we lie. This passage from north to south along the east coast of Greek peninsula requires use of the pass and for this reason Thermopylae has been the site of several battles.

The Hot Gates is "the place of hot springs" and in Greek mythology it is the cavernous entrances to Hades.

THEBES, PLATAEA BATTLE

Drive via Thebes and visit the Archaeological Museum. One of the most important museums of Greece since some of its collections are rare or unique. The exhibits originate from excavations all around Boeotia and cover a long chronological period spanning from the Palaeolithic to the Post Byzantine periods. 

We visit the battle fields in Plataea and we travel back in time 479 BC. We see Gargathia spring, which was the place of the beginning of this Battle. 

PERAMA / SALAMIS BATTLE

Drive via Mount Cithaeron, on the old Athens-Thebes National Road, to Elefsina and then to Perama. Is a port city and part of Athens urban area and Piraeus regional unit. It lies on the southwest edge of the Aegaleo mountains, on the Saronic Gulf coast. 
The name Perama comes from the Greek word "perasma" which means "passage". 

And Here is the narrow pass between Attica and Salamis island.

Themistocles - Herodotus:

WE HAVE LAND AND HOMELAND WHEN WE HAVE SHIPS AT THE SEA