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

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

Zappeion Hall Athens

Zappeion Hall Athens

The Zappeion Hall in Athens is a grand 19th-century neoclassical building beside the National Garden, linked to the first modern Olympics and still used for major conferences, exhibitions and state events. Admire it on a central walking route with skip-the-line sightseeing tickets and tours from My Greece Tours. Plan the whole trip with Greece Tours. … Read more

National Garden Athens

National Garden Athens

The National Garden of Athens is a free, leafy 24-hectare park beside Syntagma Square and Parliament, with shaded paths, a duck lake, a small zoo, ancient ruins and the elegant Zappeion Hall. Combine a stroll here with skip-the-line sightseeing tickets and central tours from My Greece Tours on your Athens day. Plan the whole trip … Read more