This book is a handy guide to all the ancient monuments and archaeological sites in Athens, the surrounding countryside and along the varied coast of Attica. It takes us to hilltop citadels and fortified harbours, to the remains of thriving towns with their market-places and civic centers, sunlit theatres, stadia and famous shrines, to the battlefields and the resting-places of the dead. It tells us about the historic relics displayed in the on site museums. Put this book in your pocket for your sightseeing walks in Athens - the Acropolis, the Agora, the Kerameikos cemetery - and the port city of Piraeus. Take it with you to Sounion, Laureion and Thorikos, to Brauron, Marathon and Ramnous, to the Amphiareion, Aigosthena and Eleusis... With loanna Phoca and Panos Valavanis as your guides, you will find that the ancient sites of Attica come alive.