Attraction · Municipality of Athens · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Pnyx is an attraction in Municipality of Athens, Regional Unit of Central Athens. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. 33 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 110 m you'll find a water point, a public toilet and a bench.
Audio tour · Pnyx
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You're standing on the Pnyx, a small, rocky hill in the middle of Athens, less than a kilometre west of the Acropolis. It may look like a patch of park with a few old stones. But this is one of the places where democracy was born.
Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.
The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies.
50 well-known points of interest nearby, those with an audio tour first. 33 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km.
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Athena Promachos statue placeMonument · 550 m awayYes: a water point at 90 m and a public toilet at 100 m.
When you stand at Pnyx, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells the story of the place in about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.
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