Lycabettus Hill Funicular
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A MUST DO WHILE IN ATHENS! The views are breathtakingly spectacular- AND really illustrate how HUGE the city of Athens is. There are two ways to get to the top: The Funicular ( Also called cable car by locals, but it's a funicular) or walk. MY TAKE: If you walk to the Funicular like we did, there ARE PLENTY of steps just to get there. If you elect to take a taxi, walking up the hill is probably fun. We decided to pay the 9 Euros round-trip ( cost is 7 Euros one way) to take Funicular. The ride up takes over 2 minutes and was slightly creepy to me, because it's inside a closed tunnel. But the time goes by fast ( I took a video which I will attach). This hill is 277 Meters above sea level and offers a 360 Panoramic veiw of the city- which was truly unbelievable. There is a small church and restaurant on top. This IS DEFINITELY worth the time. The Funicular ran on time ( see attached schedule) and the operator was friendly. In other reviews, some described the employee who sells tickets 🎟 was rude, but she was pleasant the day we went. There is small gift store as well. Highly recommended 👌
The PopescusThe Popescus
230
It's a bit of a challenge to find this place on foot.🚶 But it is worth the walk, and I walk everywhere when I'm in a new city. I suppose you could take a cab. I've been on 5-6 of these in different parts of the world, but this is the first one that is totally underground 😲 Actually goes up to the top- inside the mountain. There is a cute little gift shop where you buy the tickets. It's 8€💶 for the ride one way. I walked back down.🚶 There is a snack bar and a restaurant at the top. As well as the small monastery. It is quite beautiful inside. But not unique to several others down in the city from that time period. Byzantine I believe. I did not spend a lot of time up at the top by the monastery because of the amount of antennas up there📡. Your cell 🤳🏻 phone will not work📶. I felt my brain🤯 frying ☢️ so I went back down to the snack bar for my views👀
Michael ScottMichael Scott
10
The experience once we were up the mountain was great. It was very busy though! So beware (but honestly, every tourist place in Athens is busy!). We stumbled upon the sunset by accident and it was lovely to see it from Mount Lycabettus. If you haven't climbed another hill that day (like we did Acropolis), go there by foot from the Evagelismos metro station. It's a steep hill and in the end there are a LOT LOT LOT of stairs. It may show like 500 meters or so on maps, and trust me, all of that is HILL. We should've taken a bus that day because by the time we got to the cable car, we already felt like we climbed the mountain. Paying 10€ for the round trip of up and down seemed unnecessary. 7.5€ for one way which is a ridiculous price difference. I don't mind the unspectacular ride up. The cable car was in an okay condition.
A. BlackA. Black
40
The cable car is underground, so there won't be a nice view to the top. But the top of the hill is amazing and you can see so much from up there. It's roughly a 20 min walk (uphill) from the Acropolis/Acropoli metro station. If you're taking a TAXI from Acropoli, they will try to extort more money from you. The maximum they should charge you is €10, and say no if they demand more. If they ask for more, demand to be charged by the meter instead. I would recommend getting a one way fare, taking the cable car up to the top of the hill, and walk down to the foot. The views are amazing from all direction. There is a quiet Orthodox church on the top of the mountain too, and a small cafe if you fancy a top of hill meal.
Wai Qian ThamWai Qian Tham
40
Not worth taking the funicular up to Lycabettus Hill. We'd rather have walked up, where there IS a view. The €10 for a round-trip is not worth the slow un-scenic ride up to the top of the hill. The ride is simply up a dark tunnel through the middle of a mountain. There is no view during the ride whatsoever. It was a great disappointment. The view at Lycabettus Hill lookout was nice but flooded with other tourists for the sunset. It was crowded and not peaceful. We found a small spot just a few steps down from the top and it was more quiet. We did not take the return funicular ride back down because the ride up was already quite awful. Walking down was more pleasant and refreshing.
Celine LeeCeline Lee
20
We decided to visit this attraction to get a unique funicular experience. When we got there regular price of ticket was €10 and for my disabled parents it was €7 euros per person. They had set timing to go up towards the mountain. At the top there was a church plus amazing views and a restaurant. Restaurant was over priced as expected. Church was surreal and views were breath taking. Our way up and down on the funicular only a small portion was lit up and rest was just dark enclosed tunnel. The experience could have been made better by adding different flickering lights for ambience. If all I see is darkness then it’s not worth while going on the funicular.
Hina Rehman (H1N4)Hina Rehman (H1N4)
40
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The Lycabettus Funicular is a funicular railway to the top of Mount Lycabettus in the Greek capital city of Athens. It was constructed in the 1960s by the Greek Tourist Organisation and was inaugurated on April 18, 1965.
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