Mont Parnes Casino
Regency Casino Mont Parnes is in Mont Parnes, Dytiki Ellada, Greece and is open Mon-Thu 8pm-2am, Fri-Sun 8pm-3am. The casino's 12,917 square foot gaming space features 708 gaming machines and seventy-eight table and poker games. The property has two restaurants, one bar and a hotel with seventy-six rooms. Regency Casino Mont Parnes The casino in Athens is a mid size casino. The casino’s official name is Regency Casino Mont Parnes. It offers a considerable number of slot machines.
The Regency Casino Mont Parnes is a casino and hotel complex located in one of the most exclusive and idyllic parts along the Attica basin with a history of over four decades in the entertainment business.
It was effectively the first casino to open in Greece. Having recently been acquired by the Regency Entertainment S.A. group it has undergone a series of improvements and developments with a total area of close to 18,000 square meters with some of the highest international standards of facilities available in Europe or this side of Las Vegas.
Location
Mount Parnitha National Park is some 32kms to the north of the city centre. Its highest point culminates at over 1,400 meters in which you can find wild gorges and a variety of hiking trails and many archaeological finds discovered at the Pan Cave. Within the national park there are many wild animals such as eagles, foxes and deer. Among all this natural beauty lies one of the most prestigious casinos in Greece, the Regency Casino Mont Parnes.
Placed at the crest of the mountain the visitors to the Casino Mont Parnes get to enjoy a fully panoramic view of the city of Athens below. Access to the Casino Mont Parnes is only possible via taxi or cable car which takes customers from the bottom of the mountain to the very top. The cable car remains open 24 hours a day.
Casino facilities and games
The Regency Mont Parnes Casino Resort is located in Mont Parnes ( Parnitha), Greece only 32 kms from the capital Athens. It opens from Monday to Thursday from 8pm to 2am and Friday to Sunday from 8pm to 3am. Having recently been renovated by the new owners the Regency Entertainment S.A. group visitors to the casino now enjoy a choice of over 700 gaming machines and some 78 poker and casino games tables to choose from. These include:
- 16 Blackjack tables
- 2 Poker tables
- 2 Punto Banco tables
- 32 Roulette tables
Customers of the casino and hotel complex can also relax and enjoy the benefits of the Club Olympus Fitness Club that is modern and fully equipped including an indoor swimming pool, an outdoor 1,200 square meter pool as well as one paddling pool for the kids.
The blackjack tables are suitable for all kind of players from low stake players to high rollers. Just make sure you are aware of the blackjack rules and you are fine to play on any table.
Don’t expect a live casino bonus but there are plenty of other perks to enjoy for free!
Restaurants and Bars
The Regency Casino Mont Parnes offers its visitors the chance to dine in style in the luxurious 1055 Café – Restaurant which is a reference to the altitude of the restaurant within the splendid surroundings of Mont Parnes commanding an unhindered and unique view of Attica Bay and looking down upon the historic monuments of Athens.
Slot machines
The Regency Casino Mont Parnes has an extensive choice of slot machines to choose from, some 708 games in total including some of the most recent state-of-the-art slots that are very diverse and offer a high quality of graphics.
Accommodation
The hotel accommodation located within minutes of the casino may not be on the scale of the complexes in Las Vegas but offers patrons a choice of 70 rooms and 6 suites in a very modern and luxurious setting with unparalleled tranquillity and views from the top of the mountain.
The casino can also be found on Facebook.
| Parnitha | |
|---|---|
| Πάρνηθα | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,413 m (4,636 ft) |
| Prominence | 10 to 15 km, north to south approx. 10 km from east to west |
| Listing | National park |
| Coordinates | 38°10′24″N23°43′03″E / 38.1734°N 23.7174°ECoordinates: 38°10′24″N23°43′03″E / 38.1734°N 23.7174°E |
| Geography | |
| Location | north of Athens, Greece |
| Parent range | Parnitha |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | climb |
Mount Parnitha (Greek: Πάρνηθα, pronounced [ˈparniθa], Katharevousa and Ancient Greek: ΠάρνηςParnis/Parnes; sometimes Parnetha) is a densely forested mountain range north of Athens, the highest on the peninsula of Attica, with an elevation of 1,413 m, and a summit known as Karavola (Καραβόλα). Much of the mountain is designated a national park, and is a protected habitat for wildfowl, first created in 1961. The summit is located 18 km north of Acharnae and about 30 km north of Athens city centre, while the mountain covers approximately 250 km² of land. Other peaks include Mavrovouni (Μαυροβούνι), Ornio (1,350 m), Area (1,160 m), Avgo or Avgho (1,150 m), and Xerovouni (Ξεροβούνι, meaning 'dry mountain': 1,120 m). It also has two shelters Mpafi and Flampouri.[1] The name of the mountain dates back to ancient times, when it was under the ancient demes of Acharnae and Decelea.
Casino Mont Parnes Telephone
Geography[edit]
Towns surrounding the mountain include Aspropyrgos, Fyli, Acharnes, Varymbombi, Thrakomakedones, Dekeleia, Avlona and Agios Stefanos as well as the settlement of Agios Merkourios. The highway GR-1 (E75) surrounds the northern and eastern part of the mountain along with the Cephissus river, while the Attiki Odos motorway (GR-6) runs to its south. The mountain offers panoramic views of the mountains northeast of Parnitha, Penteli to the east, the Ymittos to the southeast, the Aigaleo to the south and another to the west; from its summit, one can also see the Thriasian Plain, the Saronic Gulf including the islands of Salamina, Aigina and the North, the South Euboean Gulfs and island of Euboea, and most of central and northern Greater Athens. The view during clear days can extend to northern Boeotia and the Peloponnese.
Climate[edit]
Parnitha mountain has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate with frequent snowfalls in winter and pleasant temperatures in summer. The mountain is significantly wetter than areas of east and southern Attica.The mountain was also affected by several major blizzards, including two in 2005 and 2006, stranding cars and closing roads, as well as the cable car.
| Climate data for Parnitha weather station (1.230m) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 2 (36) | 4 (39) | 7.6 (45.7) | 9.7 (49.5) | 16.9 (62.4) | 20.5 (68.9) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.8 (73.0) | 19.6 (67.3) | 17 (63) | 9.9 (49.8) | 6.6 (43.9) | 13.3 (55.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −2 (28) | −1.8 (28.8) | 2.5 (36.5) | 4.4 (39.9) | 10.3 (50.5) | 14.2 (57.6) | 16.1 (61.0) | 16.7 (62.1) | 13.9 (57.0) | 11.6 (52.9) | 5.8 (42.4) | 2.9 (37.2) | 7.9 (46.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 84 (3.3) | 132.6 (5.22) | 110.2 (4.34) | 143.7 (5.66) | 34 (1.3) | 26 (1.0) | 6 (0.2) | 20.1 (0.79) | 17.5 (0.69) | 44.6 (1.76) | 145.4 (5.72) | 126.6 (4.98) | 890.7 (34.96) |
| Source: http://penteli.meteo.gr/stations/parnitha/ (2019 - 2020 averages) | |||||||||||||
Ecology[edit]
Forests of Aleppo Pine cover all slopes beneath 1,000 m altitude, and are often threatened by forest fires, such as happened in 2005 and 2007. Above 1,000 m it is covered principally in Greek Fir,[2] grasses and shrubbery, and beneath 300 m mainly farmlands and suburban housing to the east. About 1,000 species of plants can be found on the mountain, including crocus and tulips, and the mountain also provides a native habitat to its red deer (Cervus elaphus), which were known in ancient times. After the traumatic fire in 2007 (see below), they are even scarcer. Several large mines lie to the northwest, and the ore from them was shipped to a nearby factory in industrial areas.
Historical monuments and places of interest[edit]
Parnitha has many places with archaeological interest. Most usual ancient buildings in Parnitha are the fortresses. In antiquity, many fortresses had been built on the mountain, for the Athenian defense against the Boeotians and others enemies from the north. Today some fortresses are kept in good condition such as the Phyle fortress, at a height of 687 meters in the west of Parnitha.[3] Other notable fortresses are the Panakton, in the area of Dervenochoria and Eleutherae fortress near Mount Cithaeron. A notable monument of later periods is the Monastery of Kleiston. It is a Byzantine monastery dated from 13th century. It is mentioned by Pope Innocent IV in 1209 with the name Monastery of Kyras.[4] Southeast of Parnitha, in a dense forest, is Tatoi Palace. It was the palace of the Greek royal family and it was built in 19th century. Today it is abandoned.
Parnitha has also natural monuments. The cave of Panas is on the west slopes of the mountain at a height of 750 meters.[5] It was a worship site in antiquity. Near the cave there is the steep gorge of Gouras and the gorge of Keladonas river. A beautiful site of the mountain is Beletsi Lake, on the east slopes of the mountain, near Afidnes, and it is important place for migratory birds.[6]
Modern facilities[edit]
A casino, the Mont Parnes Casino, is located near the top of the mountain and is served by a suspended cable car. Two shelters are also on Parnitha, the most known of which is Mpafi. A series of trails are found around the mountain as well as forest roads, and also on the mountain is Athens' second transmitter, broadcasting radio and television since the mid-1950s, across the range of television channels from ERT, ANT1, Mega, Alter and more, to satellite, including Super Sport, Seven X and Filmnet, and a multitude of radio including ERA Radio, Klik FM, ANT1 Radio, Ciao FM, Rhythmos, Super Sport FM, Top FM and others. The supporting road connection was paved in the mid-20th century.
2007 wildfire[edit]
Parnitha suffered extensive damage from a wildfire on Thursday, 28 June 2007 around the morning and noon hours, continuing for several days and burning approximately 56 km² of land; one of the worst recorded wildfires in the prefecture after that of Penteli. The magnitude of the devastation was unforeseen. A smaller fire had, however, taken place in the 1960s.[7]
Regency Casino Mont Parnes
The fire consumed forests in two prefectures. Firefighters, helicopters, and planes were brought into action across the mountain area and its edges fighting the enormous blaze, which took days to contain. It spread rapidly with the help of intense winds, and intensified into the northwestern edges of Greater Athens, including both Ano Liosia and towns and villages such as Fyli, near Thrakomakedones, Pyli and both Skoura and Schimatari north of the mountain. From Athens, inhabitants could see the mountainside burning throughout the night. In Schimatari in Boeotia, it ruined several acres of forest and businesses. The fire claimed 80% of the rare Greek Fir and Aleppo Pine forest, 150 animals of the red deer population (an endangered species), birds, and other rare animals. The remains of the green firs and pines are scattered around its edges. The smoke from the massive destruction formed a line that traveled east over Attica, southern Euboea, Chios, to the edge of Turkey, approximately 350 km away.
On June 30, the fire was mostly contained and warnings of new fires were reduced, as only a few fires were slowly burning sporadically in separate parts of the mountain. The main blaze was completely put out on July 1. At the edges of the burnt parts, several fires slowly continued to burn in sections after June 30, with a slow expansion.
Scientists estimate[citation needed] that the area's recovery time may be as long as a century. They predict the effect of the loss will only begin to be felt in the coming years; the air may become a little stale and the already known problems of air pollution and smog in Athens may reappear and intensify. Temperatures could also rise and flooding may become a problem for several years. The Ministry of Environment is currently considering a conclusive reforestation program, while many citizens plan to march on the streets of Athens to express their disapproval of the handling of the situation. More recently, forestation has been underway, and the government will be receiving tens of thousands of trees to be planted around the mountains, most of them from outside the country.
Investigations are still underway as to the fire's cause. One scenario suggests a transformer belonging to a major power line exploded due to overuse and overheating by the 47C heatwave, some days before the fire. Another holds that this was one of the many arson attacks that have claimed forested land in Greece over recent decades.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Parnitha National park, official site.
- ^'Βλάστηση'. parnitha-np.gr. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^'Αρχαία Μνημεία'. parnitha-np.gr. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^'Μονή Κλειστών Χασία'. eie.gr. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^'Το σπήλαιο του Πανός (Νυμφαίο)'. archive.in.gr. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^'Beletsi, the beautiful accidental lake of Mt. Parnitha'. protothema.gr. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^'Greek forest fire close to Athens'. BBC. June 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-29.
Further reading[edit]
- Ernst Meyer [de]: Parnes. In: Der Kleine (Parnitha), Pauly 1972.
External links[edit]
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Parnitha. |
- Birds in Parnitha(in Greek)