- One of the trips we believe is really worth it to add to your “list”, is to visit the “temple of Poseidon” in Sounion, at about 60 km from centre Athens.
- One of Ancient Greek’s most important monuments, visiting the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion is a wonderful trip from Athens.
- One of the best restaurants near the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion is “Steki tou Mina” which roughly translates to “Minas’s Spot”.
- As with many other monuments and sanctuaries around Greece, historical facts about the Temple of Poseidon in Sounion are intertwined with bits of legend.
- Book day trips to see one of the most picturesque coastal views of Greece at Cape Sounion, and the famous Temple of Poseidon that looms over it.
- The evolution of the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion illustrates how architecture and setting combined dramatically on the site.
- The Late Archaic Temple of Poseidon at Sounion, known since Wilhelm Dörpfeld's notes published in 1884 and examined by William B. Dinsmoor Jr. in the 1960s...
- The Temple of Poseidon awaits you, dedicated to the god of the sea. ... Cape Sounion Ruins of an ancient Greek temple of Poseidon iStock 181928240.
- The dramatic coastal location of Soúnio (Cape Sounion) in southern Attica was an ideal spot for a Temple of Poseidon, god of the sea.
- Getting to Cape Sounion and the Temple. The easiest way to visit the Temple of Poseidon is to take a guided tour from Athens as I did.