Sykia Cave

Sykia Cave is a small sinkhole formation in Athens, located near Korakovouni, a peak of Mount Hymettus. About twenty meters deep, it sits at an elevation of roughly three hundred meters. It takes its name from a fig tree that grows on the floor of the funnel. The site became known in the mid-1940s, when a British Air Force serviceman documented it shortly after World War II. Today the cave serves mainly as a practice site for single rope technique for Athens caving clubs. It lies right beside the paved road that continues on from the Voula cemetery, and it is in the immediate vicinity of the better-known Vari Cave.