History
Such climatic and biological diversity, along with the rich flora and fauna that comes with it, made the need for the creation of national parks obvious as early as 1937, when the government of Ioannis Metaxas, first issued a law that established national parks in Greece. In 1938 the first national park in Greece was established, the Mount Olympus National Park, followed by the immediate creation of the Parnassos National Park.
The number of Greek national parks has grown ever since to a full number of ten:
| Name | Established | Area (ha) |
Map | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ainos National Park | 1962 | 002862 !2.862 | ||
| Alonnisos Marine Park | 1992 | 208713 !208.713 | ||
| Oeta National Park | 1966 | 007210 !7.210 | ||
| Olympus National Park | 1938 | 003988 !3.988 | ||
| Parnassos National Park | 1938 | 003513 !3.513 | ||
| Parnitha National Park | 1961 | 003812 !3.812 | ||
| Pindus National Park | 1966 | 006927 !6.927 | ||
| Prespes National Park | 1974 | 019470 !19.470 | ||
| Samaria National Park | 1962 | 004850 !4.850 | ||
| Sounio National Park | 1974 | 003500 !3.500 | ||
| Vikos–Aoös National Park | 1973 | 012600 !12.600 | ||
| Zakynthos National Marine Park | 1999 | 013500 !13.500 |
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