Free Views of the Acropolis: Hills, Streets and Squares to Look From

The Acropolis rock with the Parthenon, the Propylaea and the Odeon of Herodes Atticus seen across green hillside trees under a clear blue sky from Filopappos Hill in Athens

Free views of the Acropolis start on the Areopagus, the hill nearest the entrance, and reach as far as Mount Lycabettus, which rises 277 metres above the city. Between those two sit Filopappos Hill, the Pnyx and Strefi Hill, and each one frames the rock from a different direction. Dionysiou Areopagitou Street and Monastiraki Square … Read more