Museums, coast road, one island
A compact week for a first visit: two dense museum days in Athens, a coastal afternoon south to Sounion, and two nights on Aegina, the nearest and most self-sufficient of the Saronic islands.
- Length
- 5 days · 4 nights
- Months
- March – May, October – November
- Stops
- 4
The route on a map
1 · 2 nights
Athens (Kolonaki)
A quiet embassy district a short walk from Syntagma and the National Garden.
2 · A day here
Vouliagmeni
A stop on the Apollo Coast road for a swim in the mineral-warm lake before continuing south.
3 · A day here
Cape Sounion
The Temple of Poseidon, best reached for the last hour of light.
4 · 2 nights
Aegina Town
A working port town forty minutes from Piraeus, with a Doric temple inland.
Day by day
Day 1
Arrival and the Acropolis Museum
Sleep · Athens
Settle into Kolonaki and spend the afternoon in the Acropolis Museum before dinner in Pangrati.
Day 2
National Archaeological Museum
Sleep · Athens
A focused morning with a guide, and an afternoon walk through Plaka and Anafiotika.
Day 3
The Apollo Coast to Sounion
Sleep · Athens
A drive south, a swim at Vouliagmeni, and the Temple of Poseidon for sunset before returning to the city.
Day 4
Ferry to Aegina
Sleep · Aegina Town
A morning ferry from Piraeus and an afternoon at the Temple of Aphaia above Agia Marina.
Day 5
Aegina and departure
Departure
A final morning at the pistachio market stalls before the ferry back to Piraeus; a departure day.