The National Garden & Zappeion

Its construction beginning in 1939, it is the first landscape green space in modern Greece directly linked to the founding of the modern Greek state and the development of Athens into a modern city. It covers an area of 158 acres with 7,000 trees from all the world and 40,000 shrubs and another plants, The garden was originally called Royal Garden due to its exclusive use by royal family, but in 1972 it was renamed as THE NATIONAL GARDEN with public access for everyone. In the National Garden there are a duck pond, a Botanical Museum, a small cafe and a Children's Library and playground, next to the garden you can visit the Zappeion Park area.