Hymettus, Athens

Name: Hymettus
Address: Athens, Greece

#183 among attractions in Athens

Natural feature, Natural attraction, Mountain, Park

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Hymettus, also Hymettos, is a mountain range in the Athens-Piraeus area of Attica, East Central Greece. It is also colloquially known as Trellós or Trellóvouno; the latter originates from the French "très long" in awe of its winding length of 16 km, as used by French travelers during the occupation of Greece by the Ottomans. Hymettus was assigned the status of a protected area in the EU's Natura 2000 ecological network. ()

Local name: Υμηττός Elevation: 3366 ftCoordinates: 37°57'47"N, 23°49'0"E

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Hymettus – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Badminton Theater, Kaisariani Monastery, Goudi Olympic Complex, National Glyptotheque.

2.8 miNW
Theater, Concerts and shows, Performing arts
Badminton Theater, Athens
71 min walk • The Badminton Theater is a venue utilized for the staging of medium- and large-scale multiplex events. Situated inside the metropolitan park of Goudi in Athens, Greece, the theater was originally designed to host concerts, plays, dance performances and musicals.
1 miW
Monastery, Historical place, Sacred and religious sites
Kaisariani Monastery, Athens
26 min walk • The Kaisariani Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery built on the north side of Mount Hymettus, near Athens, Greece.
2.4 miNW
Watersports, Swimming, Swimming pool
Goudi Olympic Complex, Athens
63 min walk • Goudi Olympic Complex is a sports complex in Athens, Greece. It held two of the sports venues used during the 2004 Summer Olympics.
2.6 miNW
Museum, Art museum
National Glyptotheque, Athens
68 min walk • National Glyptotheque is a sculpture museum located in Athens, Greece. It is an annex of the National Gallery of Greece. The museum was established in 2004 and became the first National Glyptotheque of Greece.
3.1 miW
Museum, Art museum, History museum
Gounaropoulos Museum, Athens
80 min walk • Gounaropoulos Museum is located in Athens, Greece. Founded in 1979, it belongs to the municipality of Zografou and aims to present and promote the work of the painter Giorgos Gounaropoulos. The museum is housed in the artist's home and atelier, and contains 40 oil paintings and drawings, the artist's personal belongings and archive.
2.7 miN
City, Area
Cholargos, Athens
70 min walk • Holargos is a suburb of Athens, Greece, located northeast of the city center and about 6 kilometers away from Syntagma Square. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Papagou-Cholargos, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 3.950 km2.
3.1 miNW
Museum
Museum of Anthropology, Athens
79 min walk • The Museum of Anthropology, University of Athens is an educational museum in Athens, Greece. It was founded at the University of Athens in 1886. The museum was initially established as part of the university's medical school, in its department of histology.
2.8 miNW
Museum
Marika Kotopouli Museum, Athens
72 min walk • The Marika Kotopouli Museum is a modern art museum in Zografou, Athens, Greece. The building housing the museum was built by the famous Greek theater actress Marika Kotopouli as her holiday home in 1926.
3 miN
Area
Agia Paraskevi, Athens
76 min walk • Agia Paraskevi is a suburb and a municipality in the northeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. It is part of the North Athens regional unit.
2 miSE
Town, Area
Paiania, Athens
52 min walk • Paiania is a town and a municipality in East Attica, Greece. It is an eastern suburb of Athens, located east of Mount Hymettus. It is 11 km east of Athens city centre.
1.7 miW
Museum
Zoological Museum of the University of Athens, Athens
44 min walk • The Zoological Museum of the University of Athens is a museum in Athens, Greece.

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How to get to Hymettus by public transport?

The nearest stations to Hymettus:

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Παπαγου • Lines: 409 (42 min walk)
Lines 413 and 409 (42 min walk)