The Ellinikon Sports Park: Athens’ New Place To See
A new chapter is unfolding on the Athens Riviera. For travellers who are returning to Athens, there’s a new reason to venture beyond the Acropolis and into the southern suburbs of the capital.
The Elinikon Sports Park has opened as part of The Ellinikon.
A new regeneration of the former Athens Airport site.
Introducing a contemporary destination where sports, wellness, green space and modern urban life come together.
For CosmoLuxe Travellers, it’s an interesting addition to the Athens itinerary – not because it replaces the city’s history treasures but because it reveals a new and modern side of Athens.
A new destination on the Athens Riviera.
The Ellinikon is transforming the former airport site on the southern side of Athens.
This is a new urban district incorporating parks, residences, hospitality, retail, leisure and cultural destinations.
The Ellinikon Sports Park is amongst the first major elements to become accessible to the public.
Lets take a look at some details below.
The Ellinikon Sports Park in Athens
The Ellinikon Sports Park.
⭐️ 4.7 – Sports Complex.
📍 Elliniko, Attica. The Ellinikon.
🕖 Open Daily: 08:00 – 24:00
🎟️ Free Entry.
⚽️ Football Pitches.
🎾 Free-Use Tennis Courts.
🏀 Free-Use Basketball Courts.
🅿️ 1350 Free Parking Spaces.
World Athletics-Certified outdoor track.
First Phase – The Ellinikon
The first phase includes an outdoor athletics track and throwing area with seating for 1070 spectators.
- Four 11-a-side football pitches.
- Two basketball courts.
- Two tennis courts.
- Open Grass areas for exercise.
In addition to the above, the development also includes pedestrian and cycling routes, dining facilities and children’s areas.
Event spaces are also allocated with 1350 parking spaces also available for visitors.
A completely different proposition from traditional sightseeing. This is what makes it worth knowing about and adding to your Athens travel itinerary.
Athens has always offered extraordinary history, architecture and gastronomy and now we’re seeing a new side evolving.
The southern suburbs are developing and being enhanced with their focus on beautiful Athens Riviera Life.
Design.
Wellness.
Leisure.
Think sophisticated urban living just out of the centre of Athens.
The Ellinikon Sports Park – Athens Riviera
For visitors staying in the Athens Riviera, the Sports Park can form part of a broader day in Athens. Combining exercise, leisurely walks, dining, shopping and strolls on the coast.
Sports.
Wellness.
Open Air Living.
The Sports Park is designed around active living rather than passive sightseeing.
A new space, a new development and enhancement of the area.
Facilities The Ellinikon Sports Park
The facilities are continuously developing and includes the below.
- Football Pitches.
- Tennis Courts.
- Basketball Courts.
- Athletics.
- Green Areas.
- Outdoor Activities.
- Pedestrian Routes.
- Cycling Routes.
Enjoy a slower and relaxed pace of life on the heart of the Athens Riviera.
Fantastic for travellers who want to experience wellness and lifestyle as part of their holiday.
A morning run.
An outdoor workout.
Sporting sessions.
Or simply time spent enjoying the landscape, away from the city center of Athens.
The scale is part of the experience.
This isn’t a small neighbourhood sports centre. It’s an ultimate development and part of a large regeneration project that will attract visitors from around the world.
Considered to be one of Europe’s major urban redevelopment projects and includes a substantial collection of landscaped areas and visitor amenities.
For travellers who want to experience something different, you can add The Ellinikon Sports Park to your travel list.
Whilst it’s still a work in progress, the development is incredibly beautiful.
A new way to experience the Athens Riviera. See our Ultimate Luxury Athens Travel Guide.
Start with a Sports Park in the morning and continue towards the coast for the afternoon for lunch.
Explore the wider Athens Riviera before returning towards the city for sunset dinner. For a luxury travel itinerary, this creates a wonderful and welcome contrast to the traditional central-Athens day.
One of the aspects of visiting The Ellinikon Sports Park is that visitors don’t have to be athletes.
You can enjoy the experience, the area and new development.
The Ellinikon Sports Park and The Experience Park.
Neighbouring in the area is The Experience Park.
Already established within the development it offers beautiful landscaping, walking paths and quieter areas allowing you to relax and appreciate the beauty of the development.
Spread through 75,000 square metres. Together, this gives you the opportunity to see and experience something different.
A less familiar side of Athens.
Contemporary and oriented towards outdoor living.
Sports Park – The Ellinikon Sports Park
The sports park is open to visitors all-year-round.
You can take a look on the official website to see timetables of any potential activities and events that are upcoming at The Ellinikon Sports Park.
How To include The Ellinikon Sports Park In To Your Athens Itinerary
First-Time Visitors.
Keep the Acropolis, Acropolis Museum, Plaka and historic centre at the heart of your trip. Add The Ellinikon Sports Park as a contemporary counterpoint.
Returing Visitors
Make The Ellinikon (Sports Park) and The Athens Riviera the focus of a Southern-Athens day. Experience life away from the centre of Athens.
Wellness Travellers
Combine outdoor activity at the Sports Park with a relaxed meal by the coast. Enjoy and experience the development, the outdoor space and take advantage of the walking paths and development.
Design and Architecture Enthusiasts
Allow additional time to explore the wider Ellinikon development. You can observe how the former airport site is being transformed.
Go through information, images and details that are also set out on the information notices throughout the development – see the history from the area.
Families
Pair the Sports Park with the wider recreational spaces of The Ellinikon. Check for current opening arrangements and events before travelling to the area.
CosmoLuxe Tip
The real luxury isn’t necessarily the most expensive experience. More often than not, it’s about discovering places that reveal where a city is going.
The Ellinikon Sports Park offers you that opportunity.
You’re way from the crowds of Central Athens and the former airport landscape is becoming a part of a new Southern-Athens story.
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