View Full Version : Have You Been to Sounion? Need Advice
PamIam
April 18th, 2012, 10:10 AM
:rolleyes: We are thinking about doing an Athens and Cape Sounion Combo Tour and need advice. It's our first visit to Athens and of course we want to see the sights but we are also interested in driving along the coast and seeing the Temple of Poseidon. Is it better to stay in Athens or to include Cape Sounion in our day. It would be using a private Taxi Tour so we definately have flexibility.
cruisemom42
April 18th, 2012, 10:30 AM
I'd vote to stay in Athens -- there is a lot to see and do there; more than enough to fill a day. But then, I'm not a huge fan of scenic drives.
numbersix
April 18th, 2012, 01:30 PM
...and it's not that scenic a drive. The Temple of Poseidon itself is quite stunning, moreso for its location that for itself (IMO--temples like that are a Euro-a-dozen in Greece), and is nice to be there at sunset, but the drive, we found, is nothing special. It's about an hour each way, and probably an hour at the site, so I would concur with Cruisemom, and stay in Athens, unless it's your third or fourth visit. See the Acropolis/Parthenon, and, one of my favourites, the underrated Temple of Hephaistion (in the Ancient Agora, just below the Acropolis).
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Mexfolkart
April 19th, 2012, 04:34 PM
We loved the drive and the entire time going down to Souinon and seeing the temple..it was breathtaking..fabulous photos. We have done it twice becuase we enjoyed it so much! This decision is pretty subjective..we wanted to get out of the city for a change and see something more.
Sherry
PamIam
April 19th, 2012, 07:25 PM
We loved the drive and the entire time going down to Souinon and seeing the temple..it was breathtaking..fabulous photos. We have done it twice becuase we enjoyed it so much! This decision is pretty subjective..we wanted to get out of the city for a change and see something more.
Sherry
Did you combine Sounion with an Athens tour? Did you spend enough time touring Athens? My DH and I are not big shoppers and many of Athen tours are 1/2 day. Our thoughts are that it would be nice to see alittle more of Greece and the Poseidon Temple because of its setting.
MeHeartCruising
April 21st, 2012, 08:51 PM
I did the combined Athens/Cape Sounion ship excursion on my first cruise and my first time in Greece. It was several years ago, but I do recall that I thought the distance you drive back and forth in the bus was time that I would have rather spent in Athens. I didn't find the drive particularly interesting or memorable, personally. But the Temple of Poseidon itself is a spectacular site in a very memorable location. So I don't really regret doing the trip. I do also recall while up on the Acropolis, that I was looking down at quite a few ruin sites that I knew I wasn't going to be able to visit that day due to the excursion not visiting them. That was a little disappointing. On two subsequent cruises back to Athens, I have taken the metro into town and done it myself. So I have spent 2 full days exploring most of the major ruin sites at my leisure, which is also a great feeling.
Bottom line, as a first time visitor, I doubt you'll be disappointed by taking the combined Athens/Sounion excursion. It will all be so new to you that you'll just soak it in. There's nothing wrong with this excursion, as long as you know you'll be on a bus for about 2 hours of the time. If the other excursions don't give you a full day in Athens and you're not up to trying it on your own, then I think that might make it an even better choice. I would definitely want to fill up the entire day.