Parnitha Funitel, Athens

Name: Parnitha Funitel
Address: Athens, Greece

#233 among attractions in Athens

Aerial tramway

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The Parnitha Funitel on Mont Parness is the successor of an aerial tramway constructed in the 1970s to serve Casino Mont Parnes, the most popular casino in the Athens area, located on one of the peaks of mount Parnitha. Also, it was a common way for Athenians to reach on the peak for family day trips, a popular habit even today. ()

Coordinates: 38°8'42"N, 23°44'19"E

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Parnitha Funitel – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hellenic Air Force Museum, Drossinis Museum, Parnitha, Goulandris Natural History Museum.

3.5 miSE
Museum, Military museum
Hellenic Air Force Museum, Athens
90 min walk • The Hellenic Air Force Museum was founded in 1986 and since 1992 has been located on Dekelia Air Base in Acharnes north of Athens. In opposition to the War Museum of Athens it displays air force history and is active in restoring and presenting old aircraft.
6.5 miSE
Museum
Drossinis Museum, Kifissia
165 min walk • Drossinis Museum is in the center of Kifisia, a northern suburb of Athens, and it is housed in “Amaryllis” villa, where Georgios Drossinis lived in his last years and which is named after a central character of one of his earliest and most popular works.
2.4 miNW
Park
Parnitha
61 min walk • Mount Parnitha is a densely forested mountain range north of Attica, the highest on the peninsula of Attica, with an elevation of 1,413 m, and a summit known as Karavola.
6.4 miSE
Museum, Science museum, Natural history museum
Goulandris Natural History Museum, Kifissia
163 min walk • The Goulandris Museum of Natural History is a museum in Kifisia, a northeastern suburb of Athens, Greece.
3.2 miNE
Former royal estate with guided tours
Tatoi Palace
83 min walk • Tatoi was the summer palace and 42 km² estate of the former Greek Royal Family. The area is a densely wooded southeast-facing slope of Mount Parnitha, and its ancient and current official name is Dekeleia.
3.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Phyle Cave
98 min walk • The Phyle Cave is a small cave on Mount Parnes near Fyli, a suburb of Athens in Attica, Greece. In ancient Greece it was the site of a sanctuary to Pan and the nymphs. It is also known as Lychnospilia for the large number of oil lamps found in the cave. It has been identified as the cave which occurs in the Dyskolos of Menander.
6.4 miSE
Museum, Natural history museum
Gaia Center, Kifissia
163 min walk • Gaia Center is a museum in Kifisia, a northeastern suburb of Athens, Greece. It is part of the Goulandris Natural History Museum, presenting the way planet Earth has been functioning for millions of years, from its geological evolution to the present, including the interventions of modern people.
1.7 miNW
Hiking, Alpine hut
Bafi
43 min walk • The Bafi Refuge belongs to the Greek Mountaineering Club, E.O.S. Athens founded in 1928 in the Mount Parnitha National Park, at an altitude of 1160m, roughly 2.5 km from Mont Parness, inside the national park.
4.2 miS
Neighbourhood
Acharnae, Thrakomakedones
107 min walk • Acharnae or Acharnai was a deme of ancient Attica. It was part of the phyle Oineis. Acharnae, according to Thucydides, was the largest deme in Attica. In the fourth century BCE, 22 of the 500 members of the council came from Acharnae, more than from any other deme.
6.9 miSE
City
Ekali, Kifissia
175 min walk • Ekali is an affluent suburb of Athens, Greece. Located to the north of the city centre, it is a green and lush area home to many of the country's most powerful business and shipping families.
4.4 miS
Museum
Folk Art Museum of Acharnes
114 min walk • Acharnes is a city of Attica, Greece. With 106,943 inhabitants, it is the most populous municipality in East Attica.