Temple of Poseidon

Explore this ancient temple dedicated to the sea god, dramatically situated on a cliff overlooking the Aegean Sea.

In their own words: “Cape Sounion, seventy kilometers southeast, where the Temple of Poseidon stands on a sea cliff sixty meters above the Aegean. Lord Byron carved his name into the stone in 1810.”

Take a sunset day trip to Cape Sounion to witness the majestic Temple of Poseidon silhouetted against the Aegean Sea.

In their own words: “Once the sun started going down, we walked up to the Temple of Poseidon and watched the sunset over the sea. Cape Sounion, the area where we're at, is the southernmost tip of the Attica peninsula The Temple of Poseidon is one of the major monuments of the Golden Age of Athens.”