Guidebook for Athina

Yannis & Alex
Yannis & Alex
Guidebook for Athina

Food Scene

it is a great example of greek meze taverna, within walking distance from the airbnb, about 600m, cozy, cool, great garden yard with a light tropical touch, ideal for a hot summer night. Not to be missed! among the most popular spots in Exarcheia.
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Ama Lachei
69 Kallidromiou
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it is a great example of greek meze taverna, within walking distance from the airbnb, about 600m, cozy, cool, great garden yard with a light tropical touch, ideal for a hot summer night. Not to be missed! among the most popular spots in Exarcheia.
if you can get hold of private transportation or willing to take a taxi, this is an excellent steakhouse in the forest of mount Parnitha slope with a nice elevated terrace overlooking much of athens. But the meat steals the show. Cozy in the winters and cool in the summers.
Άγιος Μερκούριος - Agios Merkourios
if you can get hold of private transportation or willing to take a taxi, this is an excellent steakhouse in the forest of mount Parnitha slope with a nice elevated terrace overlooking much of athens. But the meat steals the show. Cozy in the winters and cool in the summers.
GRIGORIS SNACKS (Γρηγορης) to jump-start your day with a GREEK ICE COFFEE (perfects suits the hot greek summer) and the best fresh quality snacks (which can perfectly be a quick breakfast) of all chain snack stores of Greece. Easy to find in the most visible corner of the square.
Spirou Trikoupi 7
7 Spirou Trikoupi
GRIGORIS SNACKS (Γρηγορης) to jump-start your day with a GREEK ICE COFFEE (perfects suits the hot greek summer) and the best fresh quality snacks (which can perfectly be a quick breakfast) of all chain snack stores of Greece. Easy to find in the most visible corner of the square.
most coffee shops in Greece offer some form of breakfast but if you need a specialized breakfast/brunch spot that is MOMO with its cool shady backyard! look for its page in facebook for more info and photos
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MOMO
95 Sapfous
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most coffee shops in Greece offer some form of breakfast but if you need a specialized breakfast/brunch spot that is MOMO with its cool shady backyard! look for its page in facebook for more info and photos
terrace bar in a neoclassical building with nice view, recommended for coffee or breakfast
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The Zillers
54 Mitropoleos
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terrace bar in a neoclassical building with nice view, recommended for coffee or breakfast
nice food and location, tables out
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Mama Roux
str 50
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nice food and location, tables out
great value for money for seafood, then you can have coffee at Opus next door
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Barbounaki Glyfada
48 Leof. Dimarchou Aggelou Metaxa
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great value for money for seafood, then you can have coffee at Opus next door
nice traditional greek food and nice cool yard
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Κάππαρη
36 Dorieon
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nice traditional greek food and nice cool yard
a bit pricey but trending and with great seafood
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Argoura
49 Agisilaou
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a bit pricey but trending and with great seafood
value for money greek tavern for meat lovers!
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Myrtia
55 Aidiniou
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value for money greek tavern for meat lovers!
nice greek taverna in Kolonaki
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KAFENEIO
96 Kallidromiou
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nice greek taverna in Kolonaki
great traditional greek slow cooked food
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K Filippou & Co EE
19 Xenokratous
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great traditional greek slow cooked food
good value steakhouse with spiffy interior. Portions are huge so count for two people sharing each dish, therefore best enjoyed if several dishes are shared. Definitely go for the buffalo burger.
Ventiri Grill House
5 Kon/nou Ventiri
good value steakhouse with spiffy interior. Portions are huge so count for two people sharing each dish, therefore best enjoyed if several dishes are shared. Definitely go for the buffalo burger.
very popular steakhouse, great value for money for groups when dishes are shared, try the picanha!
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Basegrill Athens
64 Leof. Konstantinoupoleos
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very popular steakhouse, great value for money for groups when dishes are shared, try the picanha!
nice setting on a pedestrian street lined with trees, nice greek taverna food
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To Steki Tou Ilia (The steak of the sun)
5 Eptachalkou
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nice setting on a pedestrian street lined with trees, nice greek taverna food
its 24h open, good prices and very tasty greek food
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Katsaróla
74 Leof. Alexandras
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its 24h open, good prices and very tasty greek food
nice interior and good looking crowd, among the best coffee shops in sea-side suburbs
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OPUS Inner Pleasure
9 Pandoras
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nice interior and good looking crowd, among the best coffee shops in sea-side suburbs
elegant and rather posh coffee shop with interesting menu
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Pere Ubu
74 Kiprou
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elegant and rather posh coffee shop with interesting menu

Arts & Culture

Athens's brand new grand opera house designed by Renzo Piano (check whats on at www.nationalopera.gr - all shows are supertitled in English). Together with adjacent National Library its a culture complex where one besides watching opera can also walk, watch concerts, have coffee and cycle. Offers great views of coastal Athens particularly at night. Must see spot in Athens!
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Культурный центр Фонда Ставроса Ниархоса
364 Leof. Andrea Siggrou
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Athens's brand new grand opera house designed by Renzo Piano (check whats on at www.nationalopera.gr - all shows are supertitled in English). Together with adjacent National Library its a culture complex where one besides watching opera can also walk, watch concerts, have coffee and cycle. Offers great views of coastal Athens particularly at night. Must see spot in Athens!
one of the three best museums in athens
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Benaki Toy Museum
138 Pireos
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one of the three best museums in athens
small but very interesting, for more info plz visit www.kotsanas.com
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Музей древнегреческой техники Коцанаса
6 Pindarou
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small but very interesting, for more info plz visit www.kotsanas.com
most visited place in Greece..
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Новый музей Акрополя
15 Dionysiou Areopagitou
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most visited place in Greece..
Greece's most important archaeloogical museum
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Национальный археологический музей
44 28is Oktovriou
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Greece's most important archaeloogical museum

Essentials

Want to cook or taste something very fresh? Fruit, vegetable, herb, flowers and fish market only on Saturday's stretching all along Kalidromiou St. (starts at Trikoupi St.) with fresh produce from all over Greece
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Laiki Farmer's Market
Kallidromiou
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Want to cook or taste something very fresh? Fruit, vegetable, herb, flowers and fish market only on Saturday's stretching all along Kalidromiou St. (starts at Trikoupi St.) with fresh produce from all over Greece
closest WIND store to get a tourist sim card, usually this operator has lower prices than the other two but less coverage in general
Wind Store Stadiou/Syntagma
7 Stadiou
closest WIND store to get a tourist sim card, usually this operator has lower prices than the other two but less coverage in general
HAIR SALON, ask for a haircut by Gregory, needs booking
X-STUDIOS HAIR STYLING AND BEAUTY
23 Geor. Papandreou
HAIR SALON, ask for a haircut by Gregory, needs booking
Hipster barber shop
Surf Barbers
33 Zoodochou Pigis
Hipster barber shop

Entertainment & Activities

No Greek summer experience is complete without watching a movie at an open-air cinema and you happen to be very close to one! They usually play international top repertoire vintage movies never dubbed in Greek so they can be watched in their original language. After exiting the building make a right and then a left at the crossroad and you will see it at your right-hand side about 100m down the road, its called EKRAN. To check out what is on visit www.summercinemas.gr, please use Google Translate (sorry not available in English ☹).
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EKRAN summer cinema
11 Agathiou
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No Greek summer experience is complete without watching a movie at an open-air cinema and you happen to be very close to one! They usually play international top repertoire vintage movies never dubbed in Greek so they can be watched in their original language. After exiting the building make a right and then a left at the crossroad and you will see it at your right-hand side about 100m down the road, its called EKRAN. To check out what is on visit www.summercinemas.gr, please use Google Translate (sorry not available in English ☹).
this is the address of the ticket office of the best summertime cultural events organizer in Athens. Features international (sub/supertitled in english) theater, concert, opera, classical music, dance, painting and photo exhibits as well as installations at very interesting venues. No Athens summer experience is complete without a Greek festival activity! Info and online booking at www.greekfestival.gr
GREEK FESTIVAL SA
39 Omonoia
this is the address of the ticket office of the best summertime cultural events organizer in Athens. Features international (sub/supertitled in english) theater, concert, opera, classical music, dance, painting and photo exhibits as well as installations at very interesting venues. No Athens summer experience is complete without a Greek festival activity! Info and online booking at www.greekfestival.gr

Parks & Nature

Recommended only for jogging! not clean enough for other activities but if jogging is your thing then you are ideally located close to one of the few parks of Athens. You can jog in its corridors lined with tall, luscious and varied vegetation.
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Pedion tou Areos
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Recommended only for jogging! not clean enough for other activities but if jogging is your thing then you are ideally located close to one of the few parks of Athens. You can jog in its corridors lined with tall, luscious and varied vegetation.

Drinks & Nightlife

One of most cozy, lavish and atmospheric bars in town. Best appreciated in winter but fine for summer too. Nice coctails. Very buzy most of the times.
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Noel
59B Kolokotroni
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One of most cozy, lavish and atmospheric bars in town. Best appreciated in winter but fine for summer too. Nice coctails. Very buzy most of the times.
if you must go to only one terrace bar in athens that should be BIOS. Housed in a 30s art deco residence, it features beach like wood and cloth recliners in a rather futuristic atmosphere, from which you can enjoy a magnificently lit view of the Akropolis over a refreshing cocktail in a warm summer night.
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Bios
84 Pireos
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if you must go to only one terrace bar in athens that should be BIOS. Housed in a 30s art deco residence, it features beach like wood and cloth recliners in a rather futuristic atmosphere, from which you can enjoy a magnificently lit view of the Akropolis over a refreshing cocktail in a warm summer night.
interesting setting in an uncovered court shared by several buildings
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six d.o.g.s
6-8 Avramiotou
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interesting setting in an uncovered court shared by several buildings
best position in Agia Irini square
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Tailor Made Microroastery
2 Agias Irinis
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best position in Agia Irini square
in a cozy patio of a 19th century folk house complex, nice crowd
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TAF (The Art Foundation)
5 Normanou
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in a cozy patio of a 19th century folk house complex, nice crowd
nice spot, tables out. ideal for summer
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KUKO's The Bar
4 Kalamiotou
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nice spot, tables out. ideal for summer

Everything Else

CLOSEST TOURIST BUS STOPS for all three major tourist buses in Athens. located between two regular bus stops in front of the National Library. the three tourist bus operators are www.hop-on-hop-off-bus.com (select Athens), www.athensopentour.com and www.city-sightseeing.com (select Athens). this particular stop is A10 or National Library in the various bus tour maps.
Panepistimiou 32
32 Panepistimiou
CLOSEST TOURIST BUS STOPS for all three major tourist buses in Athens. located between two regular bus stops in front of the National Library. the three tourist bus operators are www.hop-on-hop-off-bus.com (select Athens), www.athensopentour.com and www.city-sightseeing.com (select Athens). this particular stop is A10 or National Library in the various bus tour maps.