Lavrion Greece
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Cruises availables
At departure or passage at this port
Celestyal Cruises (97 Cruises)
Celestyal Discovery
97 Cruises
Lindblad Expeditions (19 Cruises)
National Geographic Orion
19 Cruises
Ponant (6 Cruises)
Frequently Asked Questions
Lavrion is a port in Attica, about 65 kilometres southeast of Athens. The waterfront lines up fishing caiques and ferries bound for Kea and Kythnos, and the centre is walkable from the landing.
Cape Sounion and the Temple of Poseidon, eight to ten kilometres south, then the fish market hall and an ouzo table on the way back. That is the headline excursion, and it leaves time to spare.
A sanctuary built between 444 and 440 BCE, in the age of Pericles, from white marble quarried at nearby Agrileza. It served as a landmark for sailors returning to Athens; today it salutes the ships passing offshore.
Its sunsets are famous throughout Greece, but the softer morning light, without the crowds, satisfies photographers just as much. On a call, morning is often the only workable slot.
Because beneath its dry hills lies the silver that paid for the fleet of Athens. Its seams financed the triremes that won the Persian Wars and the famous silver owls, the coinage of the Athenian city.
A museum housed in the last building of a large steam-powered ore washery dating from 1873, displaying crystals of astonishing variety, including specimens unique in the world.
A building erected in 1885 by the Hellenic Mining Company, still the morning meeting point for residents: sea bream and octopus gleam on the ice, and the smell of brine mixes with Greek coffee.
It is possible, but the trip takes a good hour each way: keep that option for long days in port. Otherwise you risk spending the call on a coach.
Yes, on the edge of town: the ancient theatre of Thorikos and the remains of the washeries where ore was processed twenty-five centuries ago. Mining began here well before the classical age.
The euro and Greek. Lavrion makes no effort to charm tourists: this is a Greece that works. Bring cash for meze, ouzo bars and the market; English works at Cape Sounion.
