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Mets and Ardittos Hill
Pines above the stadium
Quiet Mets, the pine paths of Ardittos Hill and the track around the Panathenaic Stadium’s rim.
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Image courtesy of © George E. Koronaios · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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Image courtesy of © George E. Koronaios · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © George E. Koronaios · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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About Mets and Ardittos Hill
Begin in Mets, one of the least touristy and prettiest corners of central Athens, on tree-lined Markou Mousourou, where the old-fashioned Odeon café sets the village pace. Climb the steep lanes of century-old cottages, neoclassical houses heavy with bougainvillea and Bauhaus apartment blocks to the wooded paths of Ardittos Hill, with its unexpected views of the Acropolis. Behind the Panathenaic Stadium, a green gate at 16 Archimidous Street opens on to the track that runs around the stadium’s rim, open to walkers and runners as long as you stay out of the stadium itself. Our advice: come early in the morning, when the track is quiet and the marble below glows white.
Our take
- Unexpected Acropolis views
- Mets’ old houses
- The stadium’s rim track
- Address
- Mets, Athens
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