Atene (bottom station of cableway) - Parnitha (circular path)

Access to the starting point:
The lower station of the Mount Parnitha Cable Car on the outskirts of Athens.

Path description:
Markings in different colours guide you towards the summit. The first part of the route is marked in yellow. First, we walk under the cable car, which operates 24 hours a day, as there is a casino on the mountain at a height of about 1050 m. When you reach it, you will have a beautiful view towards the top, and also of the valley. There are many paths leading to the summit. Our route took us past the helipad to the road, where we met a park ranger who warned us: "No dog on the mountain!". Apparently, dogs are not welcome on the mountain. And since we had a dog with us, we didn't have much choice - to get away from the stern eyes of the rangers, we headed across a clearing where a forest used to grow, and then followed the blue markers to the source of the Skipiz. Access to the highest peak, Karavola (1413 m), is also forbidden on this mountain, which lies in the Parnitha National Park, so we rounded the north side of the mountain and followed the purple markings. The trail led us past a bivouac - a bird-watching site, where we could see the other side, to the north. After half an hour's walk, we split off from this path and followed the red markings to the saddle (1280 m) between the peaks of Karavola and Ornio (1340 m). We did not reach the 1413 m height.
From here we descend to the Bafi hut, built on a cliff at 1100 m. The hut is closed during the summer, presumably because of the heat. From the hut, we descend the Chouni Canyon, following the still red markings, returning to the point where the hike started by following a different trail.

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