Saturday, 18 May 2024

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In 1842, while Theophilus Hansen was building the Observatory funded by the national benefactor Georgios Sinas on the top of this hill, where dedications were discovered chiseled in the stones of the garden, thus giving its name to the area. ...more
Observatory of Athens, Thissio, Athens, Attica, Greece 11851
The Phillopappou Hill which is located across from Acropolis took its name from the Syrian philhellene consul Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Phillopappos, who was exiled in Athens between 75-76 and 87-88 A.D. ...more
Hill of Muses, Acropolis, Athens, Attica, Greece 11741
Mprexiza Beach is just steps away from Nea Makri. The waters of Mprexiza Beach are incredibly clean – having won Blue Flags for the past 10 years – thus attracting people of all ages to its shores. Nearby there is located the legendary Marathon Beach ...more
Mprexiza beach, Nea Makri, Attica, Greece 19005
Mavro Lithari means "Black Stone" and is named after the one found in the center of this beach. The Eden Beach Resort can be found here for those in high end, but so is the precocious Ostria Beach bar that offers decent prices for its lounges and ...more
Mavro Lithari Beach, 46km of Leof. Athinon-Sounio, Saronida, Attica, Greece 19013
"Bolivar" is the absolute Beach Bar of the area and is located on the "Akti tou Iliou" beach area. There you can enjoy the magic of the summer in a beach bar complimented by foreign movies. The exotic landscape decorated with bamboo & tiki ...more
Akti tou Iliou, Alimos, Attica, Greece 17455
The Sacred Rock of Acropolis was chosen in the 5th BC century by Pericles because of a prophecy by the Delphi oracle as the ideal place for the materialization of the first part of a program for the economic development of the city. ...more
Acropolis Hill, Acropolis, Athens, Attica, Greece
It is one of the few "green lungs" left in Athens. It originates from the Penteli Mountain, which due to its spring-rich waters makes Rematia a rich area of vegetation, characterized by Mediterranean forests, mainly pine trees. ...more
Rematia of Halandri, Profitou Ilia 19, Halandri, Attica, Greece 15233
Lake Vouliagmenis, a true oasis in the southern suburbs of Attica, is located in a natural environment in Vouliagmeni, situated in the southern side of Athens (driving direction from Athens to Sounio). The lake water comes out from springs between 50 ...more
Lake Vouliagmeni, Vouliagmeni, Attica, Greece 16671
Situated on the waterfront location of Schinias, Karavi Sports Club provides 5 international standard beach volleyball courts, where everyone can train and have fun playing with experts. The club, in cooperation with Beach Volley Academies, organizes ...more
Leof. Posidonos 198, Marathonas, Attica, Greece 19007
The artificial lake of Marathon is a lake created in 1926 for the purpose of collecting water for the water supply of Athens. It was formed by the erection of the Marathon Dam at the junction of the streams of Haradrou and Barnaba and a few ...more
Leof. Marathonos 275, Marathonas, Attica, Greece 19007
Pangrati Grove (or Alsos Pagratiou) is an oasis of relaxation and culture that deserves to be further developed. It sprouted with the planting of a large tree in 1908 by the Philosophical Union under the care of Queen Sofia. It spans a total of ​​30 ...more
Alsos Pagratiou, Pagrati, Athens, Attica, Greece 11635
The Vravrona Wetland area is located about 38 kilometres from Athens. This wetland biotope falls under the Natura 2000 network and has an interesting and varied vegetation with many different bird species and other small animal species that can only ...more
Vravrona Wetland, Markopoulo, Attica, Greece 19003