Rafina (Greek: Ραφήνα) is a suburban port town located on the eastern coast of Attica in Greece.

[4][5] Rafina lies on the Aegean Sea coast, east of the Penteli mountains and northeast of the Mesogaia plain.

The municipal unit of Rafina contains, besides the city itself, a large portion of the surrounding area, which is mostly woodland and farmland.

The oldest finds are from the Neolithic Period, and a large number date from the Bronze Age (3,000 years B.C.

), discovered by the excavations of Dimitrios Theocharis in '50s: a settlement on the hill above the port, bronze processing facilities near the delta of the Great Stream, and a Protohelladic Akropolis in the cape of Askitario which you can visit today.

Also, the area near the sea till Artemida, called "Halae Araphenides" is where Orestis and Ifigenia arrived from Tavrida according to the myth.

When Triglians arrived from Asia Minor, they brought many things from their old country, the most important being Panagia Episkepsis, a hagiography created during the 14th century A.D., which one can now see in the Byzantine Museum in Athens.

Important projects for the guarding and the vallation of the area were built at the port, along the seaside and on the hill that was since named "Fort".