Temple of Poseidon and Cape Sounion Sunset semiprivate tour with audio guide in 6 Languages

Temple of Poseidon and Cape of Sounio sunset tour :

Drive along the south coast to the Athenian Riviera. Easily reach the otherwise hard-to-get-to Sounion. You’ll be dazzled by the famous landscape that surrounds the promontory of the Sounion. In the times of the ancient Greeks, this site was revered as sacred ground dedicated to the gods Poseidon and Athena. Marvel at the Temple of Poseidon perched upon the cliff’s edge 70 meters above the sea. Walk the blessed earth of the Sounion, one of the places sung about it in Homer’s Odyssey. 

Stand upon the same cliff where it is said King Aegeus threw himself off. The tale is told in Greek mythology that Aegeus told his son Theseus that if he defeated the Minotaur, he should return to Athens with ships bearing white sails. Theseus forgot this request, and when Aegeus saw Theseus’ black sails, he threw himself from the Sounion in despair. Watch the sunset over this legendary horizon. 

Highlights: 

• Enjoy the amazing sunset off of the Cape Sounion
• Explore the ancient temple of the god Poseidon
• Drive through the magnificent Athenian Riviera with an modern air conditioned bus.
• Duration 5 hours

Departure location

Cape Sounion sunset tour  departure locations : 1)  Departure Omonoia square( in front of Hondos center department  store /stop A12 of the hop on hop off bus) 
                                                                              2)  Syntagma Square Old Parliament A1
                                                                              3) Plaka area (in front of Melina Merkouri statue)(stop A2) 

Departure Times for Cape Sounion   2023 -2024

From  29 October  2023 until  29 February 2024 :

Omonoia Square : 14:00

Old Parliament :   14:15

Melina Mercouri /Plaka :  14:30

 March 
2024:

Omonoia Square : 15:00

Old Parliament :   15:15

Melina Mercouri /Plaka :  15:30

April -June  2024

Omonoia Square : 16:00

Old Parliament :   16:15

Melina Mercouri /Plaka :  16:30

July- August

Omonoia Square :
16:30

Old Parliament :   16:45

Melina Mercouri /Plaka : 17:00

September  2024

Omonoia Square :
16:00

Old Parliament :   16:15

Melina Mercouri /Plaka :  16:30

Directions to Departure Location 

For Cape of Sounion sunset tour be 10 min before  at your preferred stop

Return Location 

Same as pick up location

Inclusions:

-Roundtrip transportation 

-Pick up and drop off from 3 central locations

-English speaking driver and escort in the bus

-Multilingual commentary in the bus in English, German, French , Spanish , Italian, Russian

Exclusions:

-entrance tickets in the Temple

-food & drinks 

- licensed guide in the Temple