Sounio Point and Temple of Poseidon

On our first Sunday here I was hungering for adventure and wanted to capitalize on our time with the rental car we’d gotten for the weekend, so we headed to a sunset spot that I’d been told is iconic and beautiful. Oh man it did not disappoint! We drove almost an hour south to Sounio Point, the southernmost tip of the land mass (peninsula?) on which Athens sits. I snapped this picture on the way down of a picturesque town with a cross on the hill behind. 

Below is the harbor at Sounio Point

The sun had dipped below the horizon right before we got there but the remaining light was so beautiful! 

Of course we spent forever taking pictures...

The moon and Venus appeared shortly, rising above the Temple of Poseidon, built in 700 BC. Makes sense that they would build a temple to Poseidon, god of the sea, at this outcropping. I actually DID know that Poseidon is the god of the sea but not because I remember learning it in college but because I've watched Percy Jackson with my kids ;)