Built on the foot of Mount Hymettus, Agia Paraskevi is one of the few Athenian suburbs blessed with lush vegetation. It neighbours with the areas of Cholargos, Chalandri, Gerakas and Glyka Nera, and is just a 20 minute drive to the city centre and a 15 minute drive to the Athens International Airport. Having been awarded with the “Best City Awards” for two consecutive years, Agia Paraskevi is a quiet urban suburb of natural beauty and a high quality of life. Its residential centre is the central square where the Agia Paraskevi church is situated and which is a very popular recreational destination among residents of the North East suburbs. The area boasts a number of emblematic buildings such as Deree College, the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, the Greek Orthodox church of Agia Paraskevi, the Greek National Broadcast Media Headquarters building. It is an ideal suburb for families, as it offers a wide variety of prestigious schools, squares and open spaces, playgrounds, sports facilities and parks. Agia Paraskevi connects to the National Motorway through the “Attica Ring” and offers an efficient transportation network which interconnects with the Attica Metro as well as the Suburban Railway. It is situated in close proximity to the metro stations “Doukissis Plakentias” , “Chalandri”, “Agia Paraskevi” and “Nomismatokopeio”. Agia Paraskevi’s proximity to both the centre of Athens and the international airport, in combination with the presence of high profile educational establishments such as Deree, Pierce, Alba and Lycee Franco-Hellenique Eugene Delacroix, have rendered the area a pole of attraction for both national and foreign investment funds .