# Best Parks in Athens

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5 parks in Athens, including National Garden (Syntagma, Athens). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, and the community's votes decide it from here.

**Where:** [Third Platz](/.md) / [Greece](/greece.md) / Athens
**Updated:** 2026-08-26 09:40:10

1. **[National Garden](/e/national-garden---1691.md)** (park) — Historic 19th-century public garden next to the Greek Parliament, managed by the City of Athens, with winding paths, ponds, and free-ranging birds. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.lifo.gr/now/athens/ti-allazei-ston-ethniko-kipo, https://green-athens.gr/en/national-garden/
2. **[Stavros Niarchos Park](/e/stavros-niarchos-park---1692.md)** (park) — Landscaped park designed by Renzo Piano around the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Kallithea, with a seawater canal, gardens, and free public events. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.thisisathens.org/attractions/stavros-niarchos-foundation-cultural-centre, https://www.lifo.gr/various/eidame-ta-prota-kyparissia-na-fyteyontai-sto-neo-megalo-parko-tis-polis
3. **[Filopappou Hill](/e/filopappou-hill---1693.md)** (park) — Pine-covered hill southwest of the Acropolis with the 2nd-century Philopappos Monument at its summit, free and open around the clock as a protected archaeological site. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.thisisathens.org/attractions/philopappou-monument, http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/eh355.jsp?obj_id=12521
4. **[Pedion tou Areos](/e/pedion-tou-areos---1694.md)** (park) — Athens' largest urban green space, developed as a park from 1934 near Victoria Square, hosting theatrical performances and cultural events among its tree-lined pathways. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.lifo.gr/tropos-zois/urban/bolta-sto-pedion-toy-areos-hthes-kai-simera, https://pediontouareostoparkomas.gr/en/about/
5. **[Lycabettus Hill](/e/lycabettus-hill---1695.md)** (park) — Athens' highest downtown hill at 277 metres, reachable on foot or by funicular, topped by the chapel of Saint George and wide city views. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.athenstransport.com/2012/04/lycabettus/, https://www.lifo.gr/now/athens/lykabittos-simera-kai-i-istoria-toy-mesa-apo-prototypes-eikones-kai-arheiako-yliko

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