Playgrounds and things to do with kids in Athens

Museum below the Acropolis with activity backpacks and trails for kids to borrow, stroller ramps, loan strollers and a baby-care room.

A 50,000 square meter pine grove in Nea Smyrni with public paths, two fountains, a daily playground and a canteen.

Municipal playground at Flisvos with separate zones for ages 2 to 5 and up to 12, swings, castles, towers and boats.

Free park playgrounds with age-marked equipment, a Musical Garden with a metallophone and sound seesaw, and water jets.

Certified playground beside a café at Technopolis, next to the SkyWalk with suspension bridges and a slide tunnel.

Free forest playground with a water maze in the Ellinikon Experience Park, with baby changing areas and food vendors.

Ancient columns and the Parthenon on the rock above Athens, with views across the city from the top.

The ancient marketplace of Athens, with temple ruins and broad archaeological paths at the foot of the Acropolis.

Museum of historic Greek toys and games, with old dolls and handmade toys, in Palaio Faliro.

Digital dome planetarium with public shows on space, dinosaurs and films, each marked with a minimum age from 5 up.

Scale models of Greek landmarks near Omonia, with an audio guide and a VR experience included.

Hands-on museum for kids up to 12, with science, daily life and role-play exhibits and a play space for ages 0 to 3.

Collection of historic cars and motorbikes in central Athens, with English guided tours on request.

Old gas-making machinery at the Technopolis gasworks, with a backpack trail of maps, stickers and puzzles for ages 4 to 11, offered in Greek.

Working reconstructions of ancient Greek inventions, from a robot servant to mechanical calculators, plus a toy and musical instrument exhibition.

A three minute funicular ride through a tunnel up Lycabettus hill to a lookout over the city, starting from Kolonaki.

Optical illusion rooms, puzzles and photo setups on Ermou, a compact interactive museum.

Greece's main archaeological museum, with golden masks and ancient statues, a garden café and lifts to the upper floors.

Natural history museum in Kifisia with natural history, climate change and biodiversity exhibitions and a garden restaurant.

A marble stadium with the Olympic track and a tunnel to walk, a museum inside and a 30 minute audio guide.

Indoor Playmobil park in Kifisia built around pirate ships, castles and toy worlds to play in.