- Temple of Poseidon The Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion is one of the most stunning sights in all of Greece.
- The sacred temple of Poseidon, is located on the fortress’ highest point and it’s made of white marble mined from Penteli mountain.
- There was, however, one place I wanted to visit before we continued to Italy. This was the Temple of Poseidon located at Cape Sounion on the southern tip of Attica.
- Cape Sounion, about a 75-minute drive from Athens, houses one of the world’s great sunsets, thanks to the 5th-century-BC temple of the god Poseidon.
- The temple of Poseidon, standing some 60m/200 feet above the sea at the edge of a cliff on Cape Sounion, in one of the most breathtaking and deeply moving...
- Discover the Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sounion, admire the fantastic scenery of the area, and witness a wonderful sunset over the Aegean Sea.
- The main city temple of Athens was the Parthenon on the Acropolis, but the temple on Cape Sounion, dedicated to the god Poseidon, was also of great...
- For Athenians, this short trip to Cape Sounion, where the Temple of Poseidon resides, is an opportunity to admire the horizon’s vast blue and Mirtoo Pelagos.
- The ancient temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion stands 60 metres tall vertically above the Aegean Sea, with its majestic lines reflected in the waters below.