# The coast road from Athens to Sounion

What to do en Cape Sounion · Cape Sounion

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/cape-sounion/things-to-do/athens-sounion-coast-road · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Duración: 1 h 15
- Temporada: All year
- Para quién: With a hire car

Drive · 70 km · Glyfada, Vouliagmeni, Varkiza and Lagonisi with the sea on your right, as far as the cape

The classic way to Sounion is along the coast, not by the inland motorway. You leave Athens towards Faliro and follow Poseidonos Avenue and then the Athens – Sounion road: Glyfada, Vouliagmeni, Varkiza, Lagonisi and Saronida, with the Saronic Gulf on your right almost all the way. It is about 70 km and a little over an hour without stops.
Where to stop

Vouliagmeni: the warm-water lake, about 25 km from the centre.
Varkiza and Lagonisi: beaches and coves beside the road for a swim.
Legrena: the bay just before the cape, with the temple already in view.

Out by the coast, back inland
On the way back, at night, you can go up through Lavrio and Keratea to the Attiki Odos motorway: it is faster to reach the airport or north Athens. Watch the coastal bends at dusk, with summer beach traffic heading back.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 37.76, 23.85

## Cerca de aquí

- [Swimming in Lake Vouliagmeni, on the way to Sounion](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/cape-sounion/things-to-do/lake-vouliagmeni), a 7.8 km
- [Aegean Grill, at Cape Sounio](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/cape-sounion/where-to-eat/aegean-grill), a 18.2 km
- [Cape Sounio, Grecotel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/cape-sounion/where-to-stay/cape-sounio-grecotel), a 18.2 km
- [Thorikos theatre and Lavrio Archaeological Museum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/cape-sounion/things-to-do/thorikos-theatre-and-lavrio-museum), a 18.6 km
- [Sounion beach, at the foot of the temple](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/cape-sounion/things-to-do/sounion-beach), a 19.4 km
- [Aegeon Beach Hotel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/cape-sounion/where-to-stay/aegeon-beach-hotel), a 19.4 km
- [Aegeon Taverna and The Veranda](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/cape-sounion/where-to-eat/aegeon-taverna), a 19.4 km
- [Sunset over the Saronic Gulf from the cape](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/cape-sounion/things-to-do/sunset-from-the-cape), a 19.4 km

## Consejos

### Set out in daylight
The appeal is the sea: if you leave at night, the route is wasted.

### Petrol before Saronida
Past Lagonisi there are fewer places to refuel.

Destino: [Cape Sounion](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/attica/cape-sounion.md)