Piraeus History Living Port Excursion

With this tour  you explore Piraeus the first port in Greece  and one of the  biggest ports in Mediterranean sea.  In the ancient history Themistocles was the first one to realize its importance for the city of Athens and to promote it to be the major port in order to replace the Faliros Bay, which was used by the Athenians until the 5th century B.C.

At that time was constructed  a fortified port for the city of Athens, the Piraeus Wall. Later, Pericles completed the fortifications by building the Long Walls (Makra Teichi) which protected both sides of the road throughout the route from Piraeus to Athens. During the Middle Ages, Piraeus was known as Porto Leone due to the presence of an enormous stone lion sculpture guarding the port entrance.

With your tour will visit the  Zea marina where you can drink coffe and see  some of  the most impressive yachts and cruisers, and Mikrolimano port where you can find many restaurants, taverns, bars .

Piraeus has its own Archaeological Museum which it mainly hosts sculptures discovered in Piraeus and the coasts of Attica. The exhibits describe the history, period of prosperity and decline of the ancient city.

Don’t Miss to visit the Maritime Museum where you will find it in Moutsopoulou Coast and its exhibits present about 3000 years of Hellenic maritime history.