Day 01
Motorcycle Ride to Cape Sounio, Marathon and the Acropolis
- Get acquainted with your BMW rental motorbike. Attend a short briefing on the tour and the itinerary, then set off on your Athenian Temples Tour with your Athens tour guide.
- Cruise along the scenic Athenian Riviera towards your first stop of the day, the impressive Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounio, the southernmost point of Attica. This is a magnificent seaside route full of amazing scenery and twisty roads.
- Have the opportunity to spend some time on a nearby beach, where you can enjoy a nice walk, a coffee, or even a dive in the Aegean Sea. As with many other monuments and sanctuaries around Greece, the historical facts about the Temple of Poseidon in Sounion are intertwined with bits of legend.
- Continue your motorcycle tour with a visit to the Marathon Tomb. On the plain of Marathon, near the site of the historic battle between the Athenians and the Persians, stands the Tomb where the cremated remains of the 192 soldiers who lost their lives during the Battle of Marathon were buried. Apart from the ashes, traces were also found of the funerary dinner their fellow soldiers organized in their honour. The Tomb of Marathon is the starting point for the annual Classical Marathon race.
- After a short lunch, get back on your motorcycles for the final part of the moto tour. Visit the historic Panathenaic Stadium, where the first Olympic Games in 1896 took place, and finally stop at the world-famous Acropolis. The Acropolis of Athens, an ancient citadel, is located on a rocky outcrop above the city and contains several ancient buildings of great architectural and historic significance, the most famous being the Parthenon, the Propylaia, the Erechtheion, and the Temple of Athena Nike.
- There will be time for a provisional visit before heading back to the headquarters - a wonderful motorcycle tour of Athens full of scenic routes, archaeological sites, and monuments of great importance.
