Its a long walk uphill from the subway and we had to ask numerous people how to get there. I'd recommend taking a cab.

One of the words was Metaxa...a well known Greek spirit drink... So some of it was certainly advertising.

Fine to speak English only - most staff can accommodate you. We went Dec/Jan and it was cold especially when you go up to Acropolis etc. Lots of places have heaters so you can sit outside if it’s cool. Happy travels!

Мы приехали к Ликабету на такси и поднимались пешком - этот вариант работает круглосуточно.

I personally took the cable car up. I heard you can drive to a certain point but we just found it easier to take the cable car up and down. Or walk if you want!

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If it will be a hot day I wouldn’t recommend it and being that your child is quite young, you might end up having to carry him! Especially if/when he gets tired and starts to cry. The funicular is fine. It is just enclosed so you don’t see anything on the ride up or down. It is a walk up several stairs to it also. You could take a cab also to the funicular or close to the top and then walk up a little bit where the cab can’t go any further. If you are going up there for the view, I’d recommend visiting the Acropolis. You will get to see so much more.

You can walk, but it's a bit far and you might want to save your energy for the hike. You can take the metro from the acropolis area (acropoli/monastiraki) to the Evangelismos metro station, from there it's about 10-15 minutes walking to the hill. Evangelismos is closest to Lyccabettus.

There are no barrier at the begining, there are different ways to go up, in the upper last part from the taxi stop or park area there are steps and barrier. Before that there are a mix of all kindsome steps with barriers, steps with no barriers, and no steps no barriers. I walked down by night and I didn’t remember it dangerous...