Lykavitos

Lycabettus is the highest hill in central Athens at 277 metres, a steep limestone cone covered in pine forest. Myth has it that Athena accidentally dropped the rock here while carrying it to the Acropolis. A funicular climbs from the Kolonaki district to the summit in a few minutes, or you can hike up winding footpaths through pines and oleander. At the top stand the small whitewashed 19th-century chapel of Agios Georgios and a terrace restaurant. From the viewing platform you see the Acropolis, Parthenon, Panathenaic Stadium, Piraeus and the Saronic Gulf, particularly striking at sunset. In summer the Lycabettus Theatre on the north slope hosts open-air concerts.