At the southernmost tip of the Attica peninsula, where the land stretches dramatically into the Aegean Sea, rises the striking Cape Sounio, one of the most recognisable maritime landmarks in Greece. The bay of Sounio forms the southernmost inlet of Attica and occupies a geographically strategic position at the meeting point between the Aegean Sea…
Along the eastern shore of the Saronic Gulf, between Cape Sounio and Piraeus, lies one of the most geographically favoured stretches of the Attic coastline: the coastal zone of Vari, Voula and Vouliagmeni, widely known today as the “Three Vs.” Here the mountain mass of Mount Hymettus meets the sea, creating a landscape of sheltered…
Modern Glyfada, one of the best-known districts of the Athenian Riviera, stands on the site of the ancient deme of Aixone, an important coastal community of classical Athens. The territory of the deme extended from the shores of the Saronic Gulf — roughly where the four modern marinas of Glyfada are located today — up…
The modern municipality of Alimos, located between Glyfada and the Bay of Phaleron, occupies one of the oldest continuously inhabited areas along the Athenian coast of the Saronic Gulf. Like the neighbouring coastal communities, the region has been settled since the Neolithic period (around 3000 BC), as demonstrated by archaeological finds spanning the Mycenaean civilisation,…