We learn the Greek nature and the Greek mountain trails.
On Sunday 08 May ‘ leave our couch, we live better,” with hikes and guided tours in mountain trails of mount Penteli.
Meeting point at 11 in the morning at the beginning of the path to the ancient quarries of Penteli after the monastery of St. Panteleimon ΚοκκιναÏά.
In this action you will meet the ancient quarries of mount Penteli, to the cave that the legends state that he could find shelter the bandit ÎταβÎλης to 1856 and the historic cave of the Nymphs.
This trail is located on the southwest side of mount Penteli, do you consider it easy even for beginners (degree of difficulty category 1) and very well maintained. The duration of the hike to the cave ÎταβÎλη the cave of Nymphs and the return is up to 2 and a half hours. Will guide us through volunteers, archaeologists and members of the SPAP Those who take part, they must have good physical condition.
The action is made in collaboration with the Forest inspection of Penteli, the Association for the protection and the Regeneration of the Penteli, the voluntary group Penteli Social Polis and the B Ephorate of Classical and prehistoric antiquities.
The ancient quarries of mount Penteli, is famous because of these built the Parthenon. The extraction is made with iron plates and wedges of copper, while for the transport they used pulleys, counterweights and winches.
The marble volume of transferred workers from the point of extraction in the so-called street λιθαγωγίας Apart from the Parthenon , Pentelic marble has been used in many ancient monuments in Greece and abroad. According to Plutarch, in the years of Domitian August were constructed from pentelic marble, the columns of the temple of Jupiter on the Capitol in Rome. The cave where he found shelter the bandit ÎταβÎλης has dimensions of approximately 45×62 feet, and was explored for the first in 1935.
General instructions to the volunteers who will take part in the hikes in the mountains.
1. You should definitely wear a track suit and sport shoes or mountain boots.
2. To have good physical condition
3. To follow the instructions of the leaders in the hiking
4. Not to change path and follow that which has been fixed
5. It is forbidden to have a babe in arms, or pushin ‘ a stroller
6. It is prohibited to change the marking of the trail
7. If you feel fatigue, rest after, but first inform the head of the hiking
8. Do not leave trash during the hike through the trail.
9. It is prohibited to have pets in our path to the national park.
The actions of walking, in the framework of the program “we leave our couch, we live better” have been secured all the necessary instruments to make a beautiful and enjoyable hiking in complete safety
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Sunday 08 May. “Leave the couch, we live better”
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