Mount Hymettus
Trail 24 · Path 1
- Walking time
≈ 4 h 50 Running it? Set your pace - Distance
- 7.2 km
- Ascent
730 m - Descent
721 m - Highest point
990 m
- 3–5 h
- The path fades in places, with rocky, exposed bits. You need sure footing and good boots. All grades
Faint path, easy to lose at km 3.4 Water only 350 m off the trail, at km 5.9 Fire season: check tomorrow's risk map - Volunteers recorded the line and the waymarks in OpenStreetMap. We took the data on 13 October 2026. We don't know who looks after the trail today, so ask in the village or at the refuge what state it's in. The route on OpenStreetMap ↗What the sources mean
The start of a marked path, above Athens · on the trail at km 4.1
Route
needs carerace course
- Slope
- < 8%
- 8–15%
- > 15%
Summit Technical section
Getting there
The trail starts at 265 m. Nearest village or town: Βίλιζα, 1.7 km from the start. 37.93216, 23.83076
The start of a marked path, above Athens · on the trail at km 4.1
The Saronic Gulf, Salamis and Piraeus from the ridge · on the trail at km 3.9
Pine slopes above Attica and the Saronic Gulf · on the trail at km 4
Ruins of an early Christian basilica on Kaisariani Hill · on the trail at km 6.5
The path to Kalogeros Hill · 110 m from the trail, near km 6.9
From Wikimedia Commons, taken within 150 m of the trail and picked one by one. Tap a photo for the photographer and licence.
Expect runners on race mornings. The km are counted on each race's course.
- Trelou Ascent 12K · km 3–6 of the course
Grand Trail Hymettus
Paiania, Mt Hymettus 103 km · 5,400 m D+ 37 km · 2,180 m D+ 22 km · 1,400 m D+ 11 km · 600 m D+ - GTH 100+ · km 26–29, 94–96 of the course
- Kallias Trail 37K · km 26–29 of the course
