Blog Topic: Day Trips from Athens
Cape Sounio and the temple of Poseidon
[vc_row el_id=”post-content”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sounio is a rocky cape located at the southernmost point of Attica. It was the first point one saw when sailing from the Cyclades to Piraeus. Sounio is first mentioned by Homer in the Odyssey who describes it as the sacred cape of the Athenians. From the rock of Sounio the mythical Aegeus, king of Athens, when he saw…
The city of Elefsina and its mysteries
The Iera Odos (the Sacred Road), with a length of 22 kilometers, was the road which in ancient times connected Athens with the Thriasian Field and the holy city of Eleusis. Eleusis, birthplace of the great tragic poet of antiquity, Aeschylus, was, together with Athens, Delphi, Olympia and Delos, the 5 holy cities of Ancient Greece. Its name comes from…