Sounio & Athens Riviera experience (10-12 pax)

No one should miss the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion,
a stunning 5th century BC structure in a picture-perfect cliff-top setting

See the wonder that is Lake Vouliagmeni, a
natural spa with year-round warm water

Visit the newest star on the city’s architectural and cultural scene, the
impressive Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Get a real taste of beach life along the city’s favorite
coastline and discover an ancient Temple in a
surprising location

Enjoy a selection of meze (Greek tapas) and a drink at
a seaside tavern

Athenians love the sea. And in this tour you’ll understand every bit of
why. But even before the tour reaches the seashore, there’s a stop to be
made at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, the
newest great edifice in the city and home to both the National Library and the National
Opera. The Center, an engineering achievement designed by the renowned
architect Renzo Piano, is set in an enormous park filled with olive trees and
flanked by a 400-meter reflecting pool. Together, the building and the park
achieve an aesthetic balance that’s both soothing and invigorating.

From there, you’ll head to Lake Vouliagmeni, where
fresh spring water and saltwater mix to create a mineral-rich environment that
is home to those funny little doctor fish (Garra rufa) that nibble your toes
clean for you! The lake is, in fact, a collapsed cave, and there are underwater
tunnels leading so far back under the mountain that they’ve never been fully
mapped.

Then it’s time for a walk along one of the most scenic seaside
settings where you will probably forget you are still in
Athens… and you will discover an ancient Temple whose location
is a big surprise.  You are now ready to head
to Cape Sounion, stopping
on the way at a seaside tavern for a drink and some tapas with a
marvelous view.

By now you will have reached one of the world’s most
graceful monuments, the Temple of Poseidon,
a  5th-century archaeological site perched on the very top of Cape Sounion. The view here is tremendous, and it’s obvious
why this spot of land was chosen as a site where people could worship the god
of the sea. Don’t forget to look for Lord Byron’s bit of 19th-century vandalism
– the British poet’s name is chiseled into a column here.And while you’re
taking that look, spare a thought for old King Aegeus, the man who, in death,
gave his name to the whole of the Aegean Sea. It is here that you ‘ll enjoy one of the most beautiful sunsets in Greece from the
site of the temple itself – this lets you catch the last rays of
the sun over the water from the ideal spot where geography and history work
together to give you a timeless memory.

Notes:

Ideal starting time 16:30 – 17:30

Return time: 22:30 – 23:30