Mount Parnitha

Mount Parnis, or in recent years Mount Parnitha, is the largest mountain in Attica in terms of altitude and volume, it is located north of Athens, with a total area of ​​300+ square kilometers. The highest peak of Parnitha is Karavola at 1,413 m. It is covered by pines at its lowest points and by firs at its highest points. An important part of it makes up the homonymous National Park of Parnitha, one of the oldest in Greece and in recent years it has also joined the Natura 2000 network.

In the area, there are 2 mountain refuges, Bafi and Flambouri. At the top of Mount Parnitha there is an altar and statues of Zeus. The flora of Parnitha, in addition to the dominant species of the Kephallinian fir, at the highest altitudes and the Chalepian pine at the lowest, you can find hollies, wild cedars, black pines, oaks, arias, hawthorns, sycamores, carobs, gorsias, sedums, wild roses and gorse, among in other types of trees we also find other forms of vegetation, such as streamside plane trees, willows, poplars, etc.

Main species of mammals are the wolf, the deer, the wild boar, the roe deer, the jackal, the fox, the hare, the weasel, the badger, the ferret, the squirrel, various rodents and the bat. According to the traveler Pausanias, in ancient times there were also bears. Parnitha offers every visitor more than 135 km. trails and many types of activities such as hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, canyoning via ferrata and more.