Full Day Private Tour Athens Highlights Cape Sounion and Temple of Poseidon

Full Day Private Tour Athens Highlights Cape Sounion and Temple of Poseidon

In this tour, you will visit the Acropolis(Parthenon, Propylaea, Erechtheion, Karyatides and the Temple of Athena Nike), The Old Palace, The Tomb of The Unknown Soldier in front of the Parliament and The Changing of The Guards, The Temple of Zeus with the famous Arch of Hadrian, The Panathenaic Stadium, the first Stadium of the Modern Olympic Games of 1896.
Afterwards, by the Athenian Riviera, the scenic coastal road, offers to you an amazing view of the Saronic Gulf, while we pass through the most splendid suburbs of Athens. Some of these amazing suburbs of Athens are Palaion Faliron, Glyfada, Varkiza and Vouliagmeni, all the way to Cape Sounion, where you can visit the temple of Poseidon that is worldwide famous as one of the most magnificent panoramic views in the world and have lunch in a nice tavern.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Parthenon, Acropolis Top of Dionyssiou Areopagitou, Athens 105 58 Greece

The Athens Sightseeing usually starts at the Acropolis hill, with well known architectural masterpieces of the Golden Age of Athens that includes Erechtheion (female statues of the Caryatides or Maidens dedicated to goddess Athena and god Poseidon), the temple of Athena Nike and Propylaea. You will also have a great chance to foresee the monument (that puts an order in mind), which is the Parthenon. From the top of the Acropolis hill you can see, the Odeon of Herodus Atticus, the Theatre of Dionysus and the Areopagus (Mars Hill).

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Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Temple of Olympian Zeus, Leoforos Vasilissis Olgas Leoforos Amalias, Athens 105 57 Greece

The biggest temple ever built in the city of Athens.


Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Arch of Hadrian (Pili tou Adrianou), Leoforos Amalias, Athens Greece

A Roman triumphal arch dedicated to the Roman Emperor Hadrian, to honor him for his many benefactions to the city of Athens. It was completed back in 131 AD.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Panathenaic Stadium, Vassileos Konstantinou Avenue Vassileos Konstantinou Avenue, 999-20, Athens 999-20 Greece

The first stadium of the first modern Olympics and the place where Pheidippides announced the Victory in the Battle of Marathon agains the Persians.


Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Leoforos Vasilissis Amalias Syntagma Square, Athens 100 28 Greece

In front of the central square of Athens, located in the front side of the Parliament building, the Evzones (soldiers) wearing the traditional war uniform of 1821 are guarding the famous Tomb of the Unknown soldier.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: The Academy of Athens, 28 Panepistimiou Avenue, Athens 106 79 Greece

Three amazing Neoclassical style buildings.
-The Academy of Arts and Sciences
-The University, and
-The National library

Are the best example of the Neoclassical architecture,

the famous "Athenian Trilogy"

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Lake Vouliagmeni, Ethniki Odos Athinon Souniou, Vouliagmeni 166 71 Greece

Lake Vouliagmeni ("Sunken Lake") is a small brackish-water lake fed by underground currents seeping through the mass of Mount Hymettus located to the south of Vouliagmeni, Greece.

Duration: 15 minutes

Pass By: Varkiza, Varkiza, East Attica Region, Attica

One of the most beautiful seaside suburbs that we will observe on the way to Cape Sounion. We are going to drive by the Athenian Riviera and All the Seaside suburbs of Athens in order to reach the location of the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion.

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. It is perched above the sea at a height of almost 60 metres (200 ft).

Duration: 40 minutes