Cape Sounion Temple: Scenic Afternoon Trip from Athens

Capture your own breathtaking photos of the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion on a picturesque afternoon journey from Athens. Cape Sounion, just 45 miles (70 kilometers) away from Athens, makes for an ideal relaxed afternoon getaway.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Glyfada Beach - Athinean Riviera
  • Lake Vouliagmeni - Athinean Riviera
  • Temple of Poseidon - Cape Sounio , Aegean sea
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop off (selected hotels only)
  • Professional guide
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Entrance ticket to Temple of Poseidon (Sounio)
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Gratuities
  • Pick up from Piraeus port, airport, airbnb and apartments
Additional Information
  • French speaking available ONLY on Mon & Fri
  • Very important: Children , students aged 5 to 18 years old must hold passport or ID in order to get the discounted price. Otherwise they will pay entrance ticket to the Archaelogical sites or Museums
  • Port or private apartment or airbnb pickup are not available
  • This is not a sunset tour as bus returns to Athens at 19:00 approx (winter 18:30)
Location
Amalia Hotel Athens
Leoforos Vasilisis Amalias
One corner away from central metro station Syntagma, opposite the National Garden entrance.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Sarah_g
Sep 15, 2024
coastal beauty - i’ve wanted to see the temple of poseidon for so long and was thrilled when i found this tour. you get to see the riviera on the way and enjoy the scenery. but the temple is something special in my opinion, would recommend to take the trip!
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Lowellw362
Sep 5, 2024
Excellent service - We had a great time on our trip with CHAT tours. The day started off a little rough as we had confused our pickup time and missed our pickup… this was our mistake. Hara at Chat tours went out of her way to get us on a different tour later that day. She certainly didn’t have to do this as it was our mistake, so I really appreciate their willingness to work with us. The tour was excellent, very informative great to see the coastline outside of Athens. The guide was also fantastic in accommodating my father in law who has limited mobility. Definitely would recommend!
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Stephen_b
Jul 16, 2024
Interesting and scenic excursion - Informative, and easy way to see the temple. Really lovely experience with a great guide. Thank you, Rose!
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Jamest_m
Jul 11, 2024
Great drive down the coast - The drive down the coast was spectacular and the time spent at the temple made for some great photos.
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Sunette_s
Sep 10, 2024
Beautiful scenic drive - The drive to Sounion was beautiful and scenic. The tour guide had good information, but poor presentation and people skills.
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Elba_l
Sep 1, 2024
Rude - Your tour guide was a bit rude and made the trip somewhat uncomfortable. We asked a couple of questions and were told that he had already talked about it.
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Irishcuetravel
Aug 20, 2024
A fun experience outside Athens - A very scenic ride from Athens to visit the structure that’s visible from miles away. There’s a very nice cafe located at the parking location. The cafe offered a good selection of drinks and deserts. The walk up is so much easier than any of the similar places in Athens
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Chris
Sep 20, 2024
Bad Tour Company - The bus picks us up from our hotel and we drive 2 blocks. The guide then tells us to get off of the bus because the bus that picked us up does not got to the tour. We follow the guide off of the bus and we get on another bus that’s taking us to Poseidon. We make 3 more stops at other hotels to pick up other people. We finally get on the road to the Temple of Poseidon and the bus was clean. We arrive and we all get off of the bus to follow the guide up the pathway. The whole time she is talking really fast and her Greek accent is really heavy so it was hard to understand her. After the tour we get back on the bus and head back, the bus was suppose to have taken us back to our hotel but instead it dropped us off 3 blocks away! The concierge at our hotel said that they were suppose to have picked us up and dropped us off at our hotel but obviously that did not happen.
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Sharlie_l
Aug 17, 2024
Don’t do this tour - The drive had a very scenic route along the sea but our tour guide (I think Hara) was not entertaining at all and did not seem that knowledgeable about the tour (explained things that were quite obvious or part of common knowledge, she also repeated herself so many times to make it look like she was talking more). The temple was beautiful and I am glad to have seen it but don’t book this tour, the cost is not worth the time spent there. We were done looking at the temple in 20 minutes, the tour said they would give us an hour on site so we went to grab a drink at the cafe and 10 mins later the guide ushered us back to the minivan as we were already “late”, we were there for around 35-40 mins on site. Save yourself some money and just rent a car, see the museum for 20 mins and go to a nearby beach.
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Seking61
Aug 12, 2024
Tour bus not found - Please refund. We couldnt find the tour bus and it was too hot to keep looking after an hour of searches.
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up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).