Athina Trip Overview
Literally, we will make a whole tour of Attica, the wider area of the Athenians and we will see the most important monuments located outside the city of Athens.
We will visit the cave of Pan in Penteli, Sounio, and the Temple of Poseidon, which according to the ancients, were the most important energy fields of Athens. Also the battlefield of Marathon and Salamis, but also many other points that I consider very important.
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Duration: 10 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Athina, Greece
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Literally, we will make a whole tour of Attica, the wider area of the Athenians and we will see the most important monuments located outside the city of Athens.
We will visit the cave of Pan in Penteli, Sounio, and the Temple of Poseidon, which according to the ancients, were the most important energy fields of Athens. Also the battlefield of Marathon and Salamis, but also many other points that I consider very important.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Penteli, Penteli, Attica
Driving for an hour to reach the mountain of Penteli and the ancient marble quarries. From here came all the marbles were taken to build the Parthenon, the temples of Zeus, Hephaestus, and Poseidon, and almost all the great statues. There located also the cave of Penteli, which was a temple of the god Pan in antiquity. There are endless conspiracy theories about this cave.
There is also a great view of Athens from that point.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Marathon Lake, Marathon Greece
The Marathon lake and battlefield.
The place that today starts every year is the original Marathon race and the archeological site of Vravrona we will visit the temple of Artemis. According to ancient Athenians, there was one of the three most energy fields of Attica.
Lunch in a local restaurant.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Poseidon, Cape Sounio, Sounio 195 00 Greece
Cape Sounion to visit Poseidon temple with a magnificent view of the Aegean sea.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Lake Vouliagmeni, Vouliagmeni 166 71 Greece
We will take the coastal road to Athens. This is an incredibly beautiful route, by the sea.
In our route, we will also make a small stop at to
Vouliagmeni Lake, is one of the strangest and most beautiful natural phenomena in Greece.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Piraeus Harbour, Greece
At Piraeus we will see the port and visit the area outside the port, where the naval battlefield of Salamis took place, and we drive back to Athens.
Duration: 2 hours