Day Trip: Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion at Sunset
Cape Sounion is one of Greece's most dramatic locations: a marble temple balanced on a cliff 60 meters above the Aegean Sea, built 2,500 years ago to honor Poseidon. The sunset
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Cape Sounion is one of Greece's most dramatic locations: a marble temple balanced on a cliff 60 meters above the Aegean Sea, built 2,500 years ago to honor Poseidon. The sunset
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