Nea Makri, Greece
THE AREA
The beach house is located in front of the seaside of the region between Rafina and Marathon, on the Aegean sea.
Near the residence is the little town of Nea Makri in 2 km distance and Rafina in 5 km, where there are banks, post office, supermarkets, cinemas, theaters, shops. The region is fully of restaurants, bars, an esplanade on the sea in walking distance near the little port of Nea Makri give you the chance to keep walking day and night.
In the region you can visit the historic town of Marathon, 5 kilometers from the house, with the museum and the historic tomb and have a nice time at the lake of Marathon on the mountain. The little port of Agia Marina is close by and from there you can visit the island Evia. The port of Rafina is also 5 km away, from where you can take a boat to many islands like Andros, Tinos, Mykonos, in one day trip or more and other beautiful islands...
You can go daily to Athens by car or by public traffic and metro to the center of Athens, there you can visit Acropolis with Parthenon, museums like Archaeological, the Acropolis museum, the museum of Cycladic art( Picasso and Minotaur this summer), Byzantine museum, shops in the shopping center of Athens, or visit the nice neighborhoods of the town and taste the very good Greek food.
You can organize daily trip to the temple of Poseidon at Sounion, or to the ancient theater of Epidaure, two days trip for Delphi and there are so many archaeological places to visit during your holidays in Greece, if you want.
In the complex of the houses, there is possibility to have experience of Greek cooking, or try to learn more abilities about o lot of handcrafting hobbies, like making jewelry, knitting, weaving, textile art and more. There is a very good selection of books. If you are interested about let me know please.
Or you stay for sun therapy near the sea and relax.