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I always wanted to be on the top of Penteli mountain when I see it from my balcony during sunset bathed in orange color. So yesterday when I saw the weather cleared I decided to go for it, cycling. The route from Kifisia center its around 13km to the top, although its not much distance its a quite challenging ride as the uphill is pretty steep, especially once you hit the hairpins halfway to the top, I was checking many times the grade and it was mostly 10%!Due to lack of time to make it up and down before the light goes out I didn't manage to do sightseeing, there are some interesting spots to explore like a cave, a few churches and an abandoned quarry. Penteli is supposed to be the mountain where the marble used to build the Acropolis was extracted.Map by Google maps   Elevation chart, destination at 1.109 meters high By Bike Route Toaster  Penteli mountain looks like this from my balcony. It is situated northeast of Athens and its highest po...

Map by goggle maps Decided to go cycling up to Parnitha mountain, on the north of Athens. Its the highest peak in Attica with an elevation of 1.413m. The route cycled is from Iraklio train station to Mpafi shelter, around 30km total, one way. There is A LOT of traffic on most of the way, until the casino cable-car. Due to very late start we spent a night on the start of the mountain near the cable car station leading to the Regency Casino Mont Parnes. Took the chance to use it, some nice views of Athens during twilight zone through the cable car. Twilight zone and Athens landscape through the cable car Started cycling up the mountain, ten long hairpins to the top and as we got higher slowly slowly Athens landscape started revealing it self. One of the hairpins to the top Cute pine cones all around Just a bit above 1.000m we made a stop to breathe some fresh air The way we came from cycling Welcome to Parnitha sign  Unfortu...