Athens and Sounion shared bus day tour
Overview
This full day shared bus tour in Athens and Sounion is special designed for thoose who want to experience the best of Athens and the southern suburbs with the scenic coastal road of the Saronic golf to cape Sounion.
Highlights
- A Panoramic tour of Athens
- Guided tour of Acropolis
- Visit the Acropolis museum
- Pass by the beautiful sea side of Athens riviera
- Visit Sounion, the Temple of Poseidon with its breath taking views
Description
Itinerary of the Athens and Sounion shared bus day tour
Driving from the Acropolis to Omonia Square, you’ll have the chance to see all the famous sites of ancient and modern Athens and as it is guided it will help you to get your bearings if this is your first visit to Athens.
We will stop at Panathinaiko Stadium for a photo ( first Olympic Games in 1896). Continuing, we will pass by Zappeion and Temple of Olympian Zeus and drive past the University of Athens, the Academy of Athens, and the National Library. See the way the National Garden, Hadrian’s Arc, St. Paul’s Church, Parliament, Tomb of the Unknown soldier, Schliemann’s House (Numismatic Museum), Catholic Cathedral, Old Parliament, Constitution Square ,Russian Orthodox Church, and finally the Acropolis.
Our experienced tour guide will next take you for a pleasant short walk passing by the Herodion and Dionysos Theater, in order to reach and visit the ACROPOLIS museum.
Enjoy some of the main attractions of the Acropolis museum such as votives, statues from archaic period, Caryatids, and of course the Parthenon hall with the metopes, the pediments and the frieze will impress you
Its time now to visit a local restaurant under the slopes of the Acropolis for your lunch. Taste the many delicacies from around the country.
After lunch depart for a wonderful drive along the scenic coastal road which affords a splendid view of the Saronic Gulf, passing through some of Athens most beautiful suburbs (Glyfada, Vouliagmeni, Varkiza) to CAPE SOUNION. Cape Sounion is only 45 miles (70 kilometers) from Athens, making it the perfect lazy afternoon tour destination.
The Cape’s Temple of Poseidon is perched on a rocky hilltop overlooking the Aegean sea, with its magnificent and one of the most breathtaking panoramic views in the world. You will have the chance to see the extension of it all the way to Kea and the Peloponnese on a clear day.
Built in 44 B.C., the Temple of Poseidon is still standing there impressively with many of its original Doric columns.
Details
[Inc-Excl-Bus-Tours]
Daily Service from April to October
- Dep. 08.45 – Ret. 19.00
Price 2024: 137,00 € per adult, 115.00€ per child.