One morning the hotel brought us to view the Temple of Poseidon, just a five minute ride from the resort. The temple was built in the 5th Century BC and is one of the three main temples in Greece (the others being the Parthenon in Athens and a temple in Aegina.)

This temple is perched on a cliff, looking out to Cape Sounion and the Aegean Sea. According to Greek mythology, Poseidon’s power is second to only Zeus. As the god of the sea, the sailors and fishermen of ancient Greece prayed to Poseidon to keep them safe from storms and shipwrecks and often left animal sacrifices and other gifts at the temple.

We walked around a bit and marveled at the well preserved temple and its architecture.