Spata Trip Overview
Our 25 years experience and the combination of stunning natural scenery and the legacy of a fascinating and diverse cultural heritage of Cape Sounion makes this day trip from Athens an irresistible option. You will discover the fascinating historical, cultural and geographic landscape
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Duration: 6 to 8 hours
Starts: Spata, Greece
Trip Category: Shore Excursions >> Ports of Call Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Spata, Attica, Greece
Our 25 years experience and the combination of stunning natural scenery and the legacy of a fascinating and diverse cultural heritage of Cape Sounion makes this day trip from Athens an irresistible option. You will discover the fascinating historical, cultural and geographic landscape
Itinerary
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Stop At: Temple of Poseidon, Cape Sounio, Sounio 195 00 Greece
Depart from Athens and visit Cape Sounion which is an enchanting place to visit, located only about an hour and a half outside the city, offering to the visitors and travellers some of the most stunning views of the Attic landscape: The most expressive example of coexistence between beauty of Nature and the beauty of Art and Architecture.
Surmounted on a gorge almost 72 meters above the sea level stands the magnificent temple of Poseidon chanted through the centuries by numerous scholars and authors. The place that Aegeas , the legendary king of Athens leapt from into the water and gave his name to the Aegean Sea.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Lake Vouliagmeni, Vouliagmeni 166 71 Greece
Immediately to the south of town and very close to the sea, a rare geological formation is to be found that gave the suburb its modern name: Lake Vouliagmeni (“Sunken Lake”), a small brackish-water lake fed by underground currents seeping through the mass of Mount Hymettus. Because of its constant and comfortable water temperature —at about 24ºCelsius the lake functions as a year-round spa.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Sounio Beach, 68 Klm Athens-Sounio Ave. under the ancient Temple of Poseidon, Sounio 19500 Greece
Sounion beach is found at the most beautiful part of Europe, at the cape of Sounio, under the Temple of Poseidon and is a beautiful sandy beach.
Duration: 2 hours
