Archaeological Museum of Eretria — Attraction in Eretria Municipality

An unexpected treasure!

After seeing several museums on our vacation, we had low expectations for this museum, located in a sleepy little town. However while small it contains interesting artifacts both from the stone age and classical Greece.

Warning: the signs are in Greek and French.

The nearby excavation of the old city is also better than expected, even though mostly just foundations remain. (The signs here are in Greek...

The displays are in Greek and French, so if you speak that language I would give it four stars. While not everything needs to be in English and appreciate that it annoys some people, it is however the lingua franca.

The museum is small, with detailed displays and exhibits covering the ancient city. Toilets are available and parking is out front. Handy, for walking over the main road...

Excellent museum with crucial archeological findings with kind staff but why on earth there was no English information at all(!) Seriously first time I came across a museum with only French information, obviously archeological excavation was run by French archeologists/ foundation, but seriously... Except of that, it was...