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Luckily I found a thread on tripadvisor that mentioned taking the public bus to Sounion. A lot cheaper and it takes you right to where you wanna be.

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Secondly, the departing station was too far away to walk and nearly impossible to get to by other public transport. Alright, first problem solved. I then also found a site where they mentioned departure every half an hour, but on a blog they mentioned that that schedule had changed in the beginning of the year. Consider me confused. I was quite determined to see that old temple. So after an hour of googling, I decided to just head to the bus stop and see.

The bus takes about two hours to reach Sounion and the sun was setting at pm that evening. Little under two hours later, I was dropped off at the final station of the bus; The Temple of Poseidon at Sounion. You had to have a really good arm to do it and be in the right spot and have the perfect rock. Now I think of how frustrating it must have been for Mr. Here he was teaching ancient Greek history in Greece to a bunch of American kids who were lucky enough to be able to go to the actual places he was teaching about and all we wanted to do was chuck rocks off the cliff and pretend to throw each other over the side.

I suppose we did not appreciate what we had. To make it worse I had gone for years without visiting Sounion because in my mind I had already been there though I could not even separate what I had seen from what I had read in some book.

Sunset at the Cape Sounion Half Day Tour

So when my friend Ana Kamais invited me to come with her to buy bathroom appliances for her new house on a beautiful sunny warm day just after Christmas, I knew that she would want to continue on to the sea, hopefully as far as Sounion. With many Athenians out of the city visiting their villages it would be an easy journey, despite the beautiful weather that usually makes them escape to the seaside in droves. Within 20 minutes of buying her sink we and the sink were in the coastal town of Anavassos, famous for its seaside fish tavernas.

There was still a chill in the air so rather then having their tables in the open they were under a big tent with the wall facing the sea being clear plastic. It was not the clearest plastic but you could still sort of tell you were looking at water and you could hear the waves. If the Queen Mary sailed into the bay you might have had trouble distinguishing it from a low storm cloud but still it was a nice atmosphere and the food was good though in late December the fish menu is limited because of a lack of customers.

There was plenty to keep us happy though If you come here in the spring, summer and fall and on winter weekends when it is unseasonably warm you will find it a lot more festive and lots of choices in fish, and the plastic will be rolled up and you really know you are sitting above the sea.

You can even feed seagulls your fish heads and bones,bread on the beach below.


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As you leave the coastal suburbs of Athens you pass towns and settlements, mostly in bays, harbors and beaches. Some Athenians have built their summer and weekend homes out here and villages have sprung up out of nowhere. But the closer you get to Sounion on the tip of the Attiki peninsula the less houses there are until finally you come to a few hotels and a nice little beach with two tavernas. The temple of Sounion sits above the beach on a mountain that juts out into the sea and was dedicated to Poseidon.

In ancient times the temple was the last sign of civilization the Athenians saw as they sailed away from home and the first as they returned and even now when I sail to the islands on the ferry it is not until we pass the temple that I am 'offically' out of Athens. The choice of this spot was a good one. It is hard to imagine a more perfect setting for an ancient temple, in particular one dedicated to the god of the sea.

The temple is of Doric style and was built in the 5th Century BC, supposedly on the location of an even older temple. You are not allowed to enter the temple any longer and it is roped off but you can get close enough to appreciate it and even read the graffiti carved on the ancient columns, some of it hundreds of years old. Lord Byron is in there somewhere and if you have binoculars and a camera with a large zoom you can get a photo of it as did traveler Steven Christensen did: Lord Byron's Graffiti. Once you get up there you will understand how it is possible that a class full of 9th graders could be so distracted and the temple could hold our interest only fleetingly.

The view is incredible. You can see the islands of Kea , Kythnos and clear over to the Peloponessos with ships and fishing boats passing by. Still that does not mean you can't park yourself there and have a swim unless you are a guest of the hotel. By Greek law the beaches belong to the people. They may charge you for umbrellas or beach-beds but you don't have to use them.

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There are two nice little fish tavernas which can both be quite lively. Lovers of aniseed will be well matched with ouzo, which turns milky when mixed with water and makes for an excellent evening aperitif. Raki is the perfect way of finishing a meal. The traditional kind is great, but raki infused with different local specialities — honey, thyme or ginger — are also worth sampling. Tsipouro is delicious as either an aperitif or digestif.

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Traditional Greek drinks are often served in bars that host live music and are best enjoyed when consumed alongside a lively bouzouki set. While the country is famous for its islands, there are also incredible mountains, waterfalls and volcanoes to be discovered. From the glistening white rock formations of Milos to the black sands of Santorini, the striking landscapes of Meteora to the verdant Mount Parnassus , breathtaking scenery is always within reach.

The Greek Cycladic islands are famed for the white and blue designs of the buildings and rightly so. The iconic design was created to reflect the sun and keep houses cool as well as embody the colours of the Greek flag. However there is far more to Greek architecture than these Instagrammable icons.

Design buffs will love the variety of architecture on offer in cities such as Athens. The best way to discover it all is by walking across the city.


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