Car Hire Athens Peania - Mini guide to Athens Peania
Peania is one of Athens' more distant suburbs, situated on the far-east side of Mt Hymettus. It's particularly well suited as a car-hire base for visitors who want to be close to cosmopolitan Greece but intend to take daytrips into the mountainous countryside.
For most of the 20th century, Peania was known as 'Liopessi'. The recent name change reflects ties to a more ancient Greece. Visitors with car rental in Athens Peania can easily tour the city, enjoying the museums, late Byzantine churches and frescoes found here. They can also enjoy the tavernas that have made Athens Peania famous.
With cheap car hire in Athens Peania you will also enjoy easy access to the surrounding communities. Leoforos Lavriou connects north to Glyka Nera and south to Karellas. Other local towns of interest are Koropi and Markopoulo (four and six miles to the south, respectively). As you venture west toward Mt Hymettus the terrain becomes rockier.
Car hire in Athens Peania also gives travellers to the freedom to explore the Koutouki Cave three miles outside of town. It was discovered in 1926 and boasts marvellous stalactites. Drivers can also round the mountain to visit Athens via Leoforos Lavriou north to the Mesogeion Highway west. Driving time is roughly 30 minutes.
Athens International Airport is the region's most important gateway. To reach the airport with car hire in Athens Peania, take Agiou Thoma east to the E94, which leads south to Attiki Odos, the airport road. There's less than 10 miles of road separating these two destinations, making Peania a convenient base for short-term visitors or business travellers.
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