After a very early 4am start to take Becca back to the Airport we have breakfast and then head off to finish seeing the sites around Rafina. We head back down the peninsular, our first stop being the Sanctuary od Artemis at Ancient Brauron near Vravona. This is a beautifully kept site is in a secluded valley. The largest structure is the Parthenon of the Bear Maidens, and yes I have spelled it correctly.
There is also a small chapel next to the base of the temple of Artemis.
And a stone bridge with the cart tracks from 480 BC still clearly visible. This was the main road to Athens in those days. Still in better condition than most" Italian "roads of today.
The museum on site held many artifacts from this site
From here we headed to Sounio and saw the Temple of Poseidon and then carried on up the very picturesque coastline of Attica
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