Athens parks

Free Parks and Hills Athens Keeps Open: City Parks, Hills and Forest Edges

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Lycabettus Hill rising above the white apartment blocks of Athens, a wooded green slope under a rocky summit with a small white chapel

Free parks and hills Athens keeps open start at Victoria station, where Pedion tou Areos covers about 221 acres. Strefi Hill in Exarchia rises about 155 metres, and Tritsi Park in Ilion is open all day with free entry. Forest edges such as Kaisariani on Mount Hymettus close at sunset, so a daylight visit works … Read more

Free Gardens in Athens: Six Parks and Gardens You Can Enter Without a Ticket

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Gravel path through the National Garden in Athens with a palm, cypress and leafy trees under a clear blue sky

Six free gardens in Athens let you walk in without paying: the National Garden, the Zappeion Gardens, Pedion tou Areos, the Stavros Niarchos Park, Eleftherias Park and the Diomedes Botanical Garden. The National Garden opens every day from sunrise to sunset, and Pedion tou Areos spreads over 27.7 hectares, according to Wikipedia. Two of these … Read more