Where to run in Athens, Greece?
Piraeus has a 6.5 kilometer dynamic stretch of marina and ocean views waiting. The route switches between wide to narrow pavements, pedestrian only paths in the Marina, and generally quiet streets with pedestrians the occasional obstacle, so do stay focused when taking your camera out for photos.
2. Αντώνης Τρίτσης / Antonis Tritsis
Antonis Tritsis Park is a unique place in Athens covering 1,200 acres of both dryland and wetlands, considered by some to be one of the last refuges of wildlife in Urban Athens. The park is a mix of trail and paved paths perfect for runners.
3. Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο / National Technical University
Located in Zografou and best enjoyed at night, the campus for the National Technical University is a rare place in Athens where runners and headphones come to rendezvous. Line up your favourite playlist, turn up the volume, and enjoy the uninterrupted 3km perimeter loop, or dart through the many winding trails and paths between campus buildings.
4. Πεδίον του Άρεως
One of, if not the most popular place to run in central Athens, is Πεδίον του Άρεως park. The park has a main wider ring where you’ll find runners of all ages and abilities crossing each other in both directions, but with so many connecting paths twisting and turning through the park, it’s easy to detour again and again, whenever the wind takes you.
5. Άλσος Αιγάλεω Μπαρουτάδικο / Grove Egaleo Baroutadiko
Runner friendly trails in and around the park it’s another headphone running paradise. The added bonus is that at the northside of the park is a running track. So if running in loops or setting PRs is your meditation, here you have it all.
