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Cycling Tourkovounia (Athens - GREECE)

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Athens, apart of being surrounded by three mountains, has quite a few hill ranges. One of them is "Tourkovounia" which  means "Turkish mountains". Named due to a large Turkish cemetery that existed there during the  Ottoman period  in Greece. They  are the tallest and most extensive hill range in central Attica, dividing the Attica basin into eastern and western parts.   There are quite a few ways to go up, decided to go through here [38°01'11.4"N 23°45'59.8"E] where a nice dirt track leads up. Short stop before the top View from the top towards the west Nice spot to catch some shots The vista at the top and our bikes Walking a bit you can get another view, this time towards north The view towards north, with the Olympic Stadium Taking a few shots facing north, Olympic Stadium on the top right Apart of one hiker there were no people at all during our time there. Would be better to have a mountain bike due to the dirt tr...