Highlights

Duration: 7 Hours Approximately

Distance: 100 km

Difficulty: 2.0 (★★)

Altitude Dif: 380 m

• Explore Marathon Lake and the area around
• Drive through exciting off-road routes
• Visit Oenotria Land (one of the most popular domaines in Greece) and the wine museum
• Taste Greek wine varieties and learn more about its production
• Lunch with Tradittional Greek platters

Schedule

Whole year round: Daily On Request

Pick Up Times

8:30 - 09:00 Different times upon request and according to availability.

Price

• 165.00€ Adults Aged 13-up
• 145.00€ Children aged 12 and below (recommended age from 6 and on)

The prices are for group participation with minimum of 4 pax to start

Price Includes

• Free hotel pick up and drop off (Please mention it in the Reservation Comments)
• Premium off-road vehicles driven by multilingual escort-drivers
• Entrance fees for the winery tour and tasting
• Lunch with tradittional Greek platters
• Liability insurance and local taxes

Price Does Not Include

• Coffee or wine or refreshements
• Extra wine consumption or snacks
• Gratuities

Description

Escape to the Marathon Lake, Domaine Costas Lazaridis for a unique winery tour with tasting and lunch to a local tavern on a semi private premium seven hours tour.

Our day starts after we pick you up from your hotel or a point close to the indicated hotel if car access is not possible. We will follow the national road to North Suburbs of Athens, and at Agios Stefanos area our adventure route starts. Following this route in the wide area close to Marathon we approach the lake where our first stop takes place.

Marathon Lake is a water-supply reservoir of Athens city, formed from the construction of Marathon Dam at the junction of the Charadros and Varnavas torrents. Enough time for photo opportunities is provided to the stunning view of Marathon lake dam. Continuing our day tour around the lake, enjoying our uncharted routes and panoramic views we reach Rathes and the Fairy forest of Varnava for our second stop. Admiring the nature colors, the dense vegetation of Plateaus trees and waters provide an ideal stop in Greek nature. Following our uncharted route and crossing through the vineyards of Costa Lazaridis Domain will lead us to the Costas Lazaridis Wine Museum and Oinotria Land winery. Our wine expert will welcome us and our winery tour about the process of making wine, along with the production of local distilled spirits and balsamic vinegar starts. Our visit continues at the wine cellars where we will do a wine tasting session of 3 wines and one vinegar along with local cheese and traditional oak and barley breads.

After our winery tour we follow a quick route around Kapandriti area where our lunch stop will take place to fill our appetite accompanied by local Greek platters. With our mood full of memories, the tasting of excellent wines, greek platters and the superb service of our expert escorts and sommeliers we will follow the road back to Athens.

A unique escape close to Athens, an exciting adventure to embrace the renowned Greek hospitality and the sights, taste unique Greek wines and receive professional yet relaxed service!!!

Don't Forget

Don’t forget your face masks, comfortable shoes, for example trekking shoes or sandals, camera, sun protection, etc. During spring and autumn, we advise you to bring a jacket.

The trip is not recommended to people suffering from car sickness, having mobility or kinetic or back problems, pregnant women or for children younger than 7 years old as we don't provide baby seats, or people taller than 195 cm or heavier than 130 kg. Alcohol consumption is not allowed to minors under age of 18 years old. Operators reserves the right to make minor changes in the program when considered necessary, for example, in case of unfavourable weather conditions. This can be done without any prior notice.

Reservations must be done no later than 24 hours prior to departure. Any cancellation must be made according to our cancelation policy. In case of late cancellations, no refund will be granted from Operator. If a tour is cancelled due to insufficient number of participants or adverse weather conditions, Operator will refund 100% of made payments.

Adventure Tips

The trip is ideal for everyone who's looking for an experience beyond the ordinary, for example youth groups, single or couple participants, families with older children, and companies.

The trip has guided stops every 30-40 minutes, for everyone's convenience.

When meals are included, Operators can arrange vegetarian alternatives, but information is required upon reservation. This also counts for any kind of food allergies, in order to find suitable alternatives if possible.

Travelers Info: COVID-19

Being always concerned about our guests’ and staff wellbeing and having as a priority your health and safety, we remain committed to our premium standards, fully complied with all necessary measures set by the Government. Always ready to welcome you, we act with responsibility. We stay up to date following the guidelines set by The World Health Organisation and the National Public Health Organisation. We know that your holidays with family and friends are very important to you, so we are here to make sure you can relax, enjoy and dream the way you want to.

In detail:

Before Your Tour:

• We recommend that you should be at the pick-up area (your hotel or another indicated point nearby your hotel) 10 minutes prior to your pick up time. Our driver/escort will be on time to welcome you and show your seat, in order to keep social distancing guidelines.
• Our vehicles are filled up according to governmental covid-19 law of their capacity. Those governmental laws and regulations against covid-19 infections might change, but are strictly followed at all times.
• The body temperature and wellness of all those participating in the tour (escort, driver, staff and guests) will be monitored daily, excluding and maintaining in quarantine any who display fever or other symptoms.

On Board:

• Please follow all the instructions given to you by your guide.
• Sanitising dispensers are available at each vehicle.

During Your Tour:

• Everybody that is taking part in the tour (escort, driver, guests etc...) will wear face mask throughout its duration as long as it is required by law.
• Sealed lunch boxes will be given on some of our day tours. On day tours which include meals served at restaurants, those will be provided only at restaurants following all the applicable hygiene protocols

Cleaning Standards:

Enhanced Vehicle Cleaning:

• The average cleaning effort in all vehicles is doubled both during the day and after the end of each tour.
• All sensitive touch areas such as seats, armrests, sidewalls etc. are intensively cleaned and sanitised daily before and after each tour.

Air Circulation On Board:

Our vehicles are equipped with A/C (and when used, the internal air circulation is turned to OFF) but as our safari tours are mainly operated in country side we strongly recommend the tours to be conducted with open windows for continuous fresh air circulation and to feel the freshness of the countryside.

Our Staff:

Our staff is trained in the latest hygiene protocols and cleaning procedures. They use personal protective equipment (face masks/shields and optional gloves) to ensure a safe travel experience for you and themselves.

Greece is well known for its long history and unique hospitality throughout the centuries. We remain confident that our services are of high value and will provide the most memorable experience in Greece to you, your family or friends. We are looking forward to escape the ordinary with you!