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'''Marathos''' is a mountain village in the municipality of Malevizi, in the Crete region of Greece.<ref>http://www.greece.com/destinations/Crete/Heraklion/Village/Marathos.html. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918223015/http://www.greece.com/destinations/Crete/Heraklion/Village/Marathos.html |date=2015-09-18 }}</ref> It is about 20 kilometres west of Heraklion. The Marathianos River runs nearby and flows down to Fodele.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.interkriti.org/crete/iraklion/marathos_village.html|title = The village of Marathos, Iraklio, Crete, Greece}}</ref> The village relies mainly on agriculture, livestock and bee keeping.
On the main road there is a war monument commemorating the many battles on the island of Crete. It was built by the sculptor Yanni Klinakis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tylisos.gr/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=135&lang=english|title = Δικτυακός Τόπος Τουριστικής Προβολής Δήμου Τυλίσου - Exhibition of sculptures of Yanni Klinakis}}</ref>
The village has 5 tavernas and a traditional cafeteria.
== Doxa cavern == A short distance from the village is the historical cave of Doxa. At the entrance there is a map that shows the cave layout.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.originalcrete.com/en/article/marathos|title=Get our expert statistics homework help now and get desired results}}</ref>
== Arkaliospilio cavern == At the foot of the mountain is Arkaliospilio cave.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.webcrete.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1079:marathos&catid=71:traditional-villages-heraklionl-crete&directory=92|title = Webcrete Blog}}</ref> A large part of this cave is still unexplored.
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