Porto Rafti Attractions
Pórto Ráfti, a picturesque little port in a bay on the east coast of Attica, takes its name from a large marble statue of the Roman period, popularly known as the "Tailor" (raftis), on a rocky islet which shelters the harbor.
The predecessor of the present town in ancient times was Prasiai, on the hill of Koroni at the south end of the bay, which played an important part in the shipping trade between Attica and the islands during the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. The ancient town walls which can still be seen, however, date only from the third century B.C.
To the north of Pórto Ráfti bay was Steiria, to which a Mycenaean necropolis in the Peráti district belonged (finds in Brauron museum).
The predecessor of the present town in ancient times was Prasiai, on the hill of Koroni at the south end of the bay, which played an important part in the shipping trade between Attica and the islands during the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. The ancient town walls which can still be seen, however, date only from the third century B.C.
To the north of Pórto Ráfti bay was Steiria, to which a Mycenaean necropolis in the Peráti district belonged (finds in Brauron museum).
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Merénda
At Merénda a later cemetery (eighth-fourth century B.C.) was found, together with a kouros and kore which are now in the National Archeological Museum in Athens.
Steiria
To the north of Pórto Ráfti bay was Steiria, to which a necropolis of the Mycenaean period in the Perati district belonged. Finds from this site are in the museum at Brauron, 9km/6mi north of Pórto Ráfti.
