Filopappou Hill, also called the Hill of the Muses, rises immediately south-west of the Acropolis and offers what is universally considered the best view of the citadel — head-on, at eye level, with no fences in between. A network of stone-paved paths laid out by the great Greek architect Dimitris Pikionis in the 1950s winds up through olive and cypress.
The summit is crowned by the Roman Tomb of Philopappos (114–116 CE), a marble monument to a Syrian prince and Roman consul who was a benefactor of Athens. Below the path, in a wooded glen, the small Byzantine Church of Agios Dimitrios Loumbardiaris is one of the oldest surviving churches in the city. Walk up at sunset.