• Wild red deer live on the mountain, the last place in southern Greece they survive, though the 2007 fire left far fewer
• Two mountain refuges, Mpafi and Flampouri, sit on the slopes, with Mpafi the best known
• Cold winters up top, with January highs near 4°C at 1,230 m and past blizzards that closed the roads and the cable car near the summit

Parnitha is the highest mountain in Attica, rising to 1,413 m at its Karavola summit, and much of it has been a national park since 1961. A network of trails and forest roads runs through Greek fir and pine forest, past springs, streams and rocky cliffs.

It is the only place in southern Greece where red deer still live wild, and over 1,000 plant species grow here.