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Scarcely an hour's bus ride north from Athens' city centre, Mount Parnitha is an unexpectedly vast and - where it has escaped fire damage - virgin tract of forest, rock and ravine. If you've no time for expeditions further afield, it will give you a taste of what Greek mountains are all about, including a good selection of mountain flowers. If you're here in March or April, it merits a visit in its own right. Snow lies surprisingly late on the north side and, in its wake, carpets of crocus, alpine squills and mountain windflower spring from the mossy ground, while lower down you'll find aubretia, tulips, dwarf iris and a whole range of orchids. There are numerous waymarked paths on the mountain (look for red discs and multicoloured paint splodges on the trees). The principal and most representative ones are the approach to the Bafi refuge up the Houni ravine, and the walk to the Skipiza spring.
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