Mt Pentélikon (Pendéli Range) Pentélikon

On the eastern slopes of Pentélikon, above the road from Athens to Stavrós and Marathón, is the Daou Pentéli Monastery, founded in the 12th century and rebuilt in the 16th, which has been called "the only example of a large monastic establishment in Greece outside Athos" (Kirsten- Kraiker).

On the eastern slopes of Pentélikon is a monastery, Daou Pendéli. It is reached by leaving Athens on the Marathón road and turning left 21km/13mi from the city center. Daou Pendéli, founded in the 12th century and rebuilt in the 16th, has been called "the only example of a large monastic establishment in Greece outside Athos" (Kirsten-Kraiker).

In a hollow below the summit of Pentélikon, surrounded by poplars, is the Pentéli monastery (alt. 430m/1,410ft), founded in 1578. It can be reached from Athens by way of the suburb of Khalándri (8km/5mi beyond Khalándri). The road continues to just below the summit. From the monastery the ancient marble quarries marble quarries can be reached (alt. 700m/2,300ft).

On the north side of Pentélikon, on the road from Athens via Kifissiá and Drosiá to Néa Mákri on the east coast, is the little town of Dionysós (alt. 460m/1,510ft), whose tavernas are popular with the citizens of Athens. Near here is a sanctuary of Dionysos, which belonged to Ikaría, home of Thespis, who produced the first tragedy in Athens in 534 B.C.