Athens Trip Overview
Let us drive you through the idyllic Athenian Riviera with the sandy beaches and picturesque seaside villages. Enjoy a unique slice of the Mediterranean coastline and see a mind-blowing Sunset with Temple of Poseidon in the background.
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Duration: 5 hours
Starts: Athens, Greece
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Athens, Attica, Greece
Let us drive you through the idyllic Athenian Riviera with the sandy beaches and picturesque seaside villages. Enjoy a unique slice of the Mediterranean coastline and see a mind-blowing Sunset with Temple of Poseidon in the background.
Itinerary
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Pass By: Leoforos Poseidonos, Leof. Poseidonos, Elliniko, Greece
After picking you up from you preferred location we travel through the coastal road of the Athenian Riviera.
You will pass through beautiful landscapes, beaches and marinas.
Stop At: Lake Vouliagmeni, Vouliagmeni 166 71 Greece
Lake Vouliagmeni (“Sunken Lake”) is an environmental gem- lake fed by underground currents seeping through the mass of Mount Hymettus located to the south of Vouliagmeni, Greece.
The surrounding rocks and the green-turquoise water makes it an amazing lanscape.
We stop for quick photos with the lake in the background.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Archaeological Site of Sounion, EO91, Lavreotiki 195 00, Greece
After traveling for a few kilometres through the South Coast and the Athenian Riviera, you will be bedazzled by the famous landscapes which surround Sounion.
Sounion (or Sunium) was an important ancient Greek religious sanctuary dedicated to the gods Poseidon and Athena. Spectacularly located on a promontory in southern Attica, the site is dominated by the temple of Poseidon perched 70 meters above the sea on the cliff edge.
Sounion is the setting for several episodes in Greek mythology, and is specifically mentioned as a place of religious significance in Homer’s Odyssey. In some myths, this is also the spot where the Athenian king Aegeus threw himself into the sea in despair upon having sighted the black sail of his son Theseus’ ship returning from Crete after his battle with the Minotaur.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Poseidon, Cape Sounio, Sounio 195 00 Greece
The ancient Greek temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, built during 444–440 BC, is one of the major monuments of the Golden Age of Athens. A Doric temple, it overlooks the sea at the end of Cape Sounion, at a height of almost 60 metres (200 ft).
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sunset at Cape Sounio, Charakas, Sounio 190 01, Greece
After walking around the Cape Sounion and admiring the Temple of Poseidon you will enjoy one of the most magnificent sunsets of your lifetime.
Duration: 30 minutes
