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Walks in Lycabettus.

One editor-picked walk through Lycabettus, plus nearby routes for the same morning if you want to keep going.

Up Lykavittos by foot or funicular to the white chapel, the all-Athens view, and pine paths down.

Nearby

Other walks close to Lycabettus.

Sorted by distance from the start of lycabettus hill: the climb to the whole city. Good for stitching together a longer day.

Four museums, a line of embassy mansions, and the grandest avenue in modern Athens.

Designer streets, the Benaki, and the café tables of Plateia Kolonakiou under Lycabettus.

The Athenian Trilogy — Academy, University, Library — and the great boulevard's arcades and squares.

The kilted guards at the Tomb, a shaded royal garden, a marble hall, and the ancient stadium beyond.