Guidebook for Athina
Food Scene
Do try the liver and the chicken "tigania" as it's called in greek!
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Ατίταμος
2 KapodistriouDo try the liver and the chicken "tigania" as it's called in greek!
If you like meat and especially "pastourmas" it's a must!
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Karamanlidika - Τα Καραμανλίδικα του Φάνη
52 SokratousIf you like meat and especially "pastourmas" it's a must!
Traditional food and a true experience. It is situated in a small cellar and wine and food keeps coming!
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Díporto
TheatrouTraditional food and a true experience. It is situated in a small cellar and wine and food keeps coming!
The most famous meat and fish market of Athens!
Value for money and a true experience!
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Varvakios Central Municipal Market
42 AthinasThe most famous meat and fish market of Athens!
Value for money and a true experience!
Doughnuts Ktistakis
59 SokratousTry one of the best traditional sweets "loukoumades"!
Mama Roux
str 50Famous for its Sunday brunch and cocktails!
A true value for money taverna. It reminds of another area and again the liver and the chicken "tigania" are one of it's best plates!
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Avli (the Yard)
12 Agiou DimitriouA true value for money taverna. It reminds of another area and again the liver and the chicken "tigania" are one of it's best plates!
Mystic Pizza & Pasta
76 Emmanouil BenakiUnique tastes of pizza and pasta.
Ama Lachei
69 KallidromiouGreat restaurant and food!
Sorolop
17 Andrea MetaxaDo try the ice-cream and profiterol!
Drinks & Nightlife
A neighborhood synonymous with the most known nightclubs and restaurants. It is known as an industrial area that took its name from a local gas factory that used to operate in this district. Skip the obvious mainstream rumble and you can find alternative, arty smart priced options. Walk the alleys of sexually liberated Gazi or visit the youthful adjacent Metaxourgio area, for the more intimate indie bars.
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Gazi
A neighborhood synonymous with the most known nightclubs and restaurants. It is known as an industrial area that took its name from a local gas factory that used to operate in this district. Skip the obvious mainstream rumble and you can find alternative, arty smart priced options. Walk the alleys of sexually liberated Gazi or visit the youthful adjacent Metaxourgio area, for the more intimate indie bars.
The downtown meeting point of politically minded youth. The small neighborhood consists of cozy cafes, small restaurants known as “mezedopolia”, underground bars and nightclubs for all music tastes. During the 1960s-1970s, Exarchia used to be the cultural center of the town, where most of the Greek artists, poets and writers lived.
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Exarcheia
The downtown meeting point of politically minded youth. The small neighborhood consists of cozy cafes, small restaurants known as “mezedopolia”, underground bars and nightclubs for all music tastes. During the 1960s-1970s, Exarchia used to be the cultural center of the town, where most of the Greek artists, poets and writers lived.
Here you can find stylish cocktail bars and older, more established drinking spots as well as cultural centers which can host live gigs, performances, exhibitions, shows and parties.
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Estação Sintagma
Platia SintagmatosHere you can find stylish cocktail bars and older, more established drinking spots as well as cultural centers which can host live gigs, performances, exhibitions, shows and parties.
Couleur Locale
3 NormanouAmazing view and great coctails!
Sightseeing
Climb up to the sacred rock of the Acropolis, the site of some of the most important masterpieces of worldwide architecture and art, the most renowned of which is the Parthenon temple. Apart from this, also impressive are the Propylaea, the temple of the Athene Nike and the Erechtheion. Moreover, from there you will have an impressive view of the city.
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Acrópole de Atenas
Climb up to the sacred rock of the Acropolis, the site of some of the most important masterpieces of worldwide architecture and art, the most renowned of which is the Parthenon temple. Apart from this, also impressive are the Propylaea, the temple of the Athene Nike and the Erechtheion. Moreover, from there you will have an impressive view of the city.
The “core” of the historic centre is the Plaka neighborhood (at the eastern side of the Acropolis), which has been inhabited without interruption since antiquity. When you walk through the narrow labyrinthine streets lined with houses and mansions from the time of the Turkish occupation and the Neoclassical period (19th c.), you will have the impression of travelling with a “time machine”. You will encounter ancient monuments, such as the Lysikrates Monument, erected by a wealthy donor of theatrical performances, the Roman Agora with the famed “Tower of the Winds” (1st c. B.C.) and Hadrian’s Library (132 A.D.), scores of bigger and smaller churches, true masterpieces of Byzantine art and a
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Plaka
24 MnisikleousThe “core” of the historic centre is the Plaka neighborhood (at the eastern side of the Acropolis), which has been inhabited without interruption since antiquity. When you walk through the narrow labyrinthine streets lined with houses and mansions from the time of the Turkish occupation and the Neoclassical period (19th c.), you will have the impression of travelling with a “time machine”. You will encounter ancient monuments, such as the Lysikrates Monument, erected by a wealthy donor of theatrical performances, the Roman Agora with the famed “Tower of the Winds” (1st c. B.C.) and Hadrian’s Library (132 A.D.), scores of bigger and smaller churches, true masterpieces of Byzantine art and a
You can visit the National Opera and the National Library of Greece and stroll in the beautiful park surrounding them!
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Centro Cultural da Fundação Stavros Niarchos
364 Leof. Andrea SiggrouYou can visit the National Opera and the National Library of Greece and stroll in the beautiful park surrounding them!
Visit the National Polytechnic School of Athens and the premises where in 1973 happened the Athens Polytechnic uprising, a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of which ended in bloodshed in the early morning of November 17th after a series of events starting with a tank crashing through the gates of the Polytechnic.
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Politechnio
Visit the National Polytechnic School of Athens and the premises where in 1973 happened the Athens Polytechnic uprising, a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of which ended in bloodshed in the early morning of November 17th after a series of events starting with a tank crashing through the gates of the Polytechnic.
Arts & Culture
Located only 300m away from the temple of Acropolis stands the impressive Acropolis Museum, one of the most important contemporary works of architecture in Athens. It is an archaeological site-specific museum, housing the most famous works of classical antiquity.
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Museu da Acrópole de Atenas
15 Dionysiou AreopagitouLocated only 300m away from the temple of Acropolis stands the impressive Acropolis Museum, one of the most important contemporary works of architecture in Athens. It is an archaeological site-specific museum, housing the most famous works of classical antiquity.
Museu de Arte Cicládica
4 Neofitou DoukaThe Museum’s collections comprises many distinct categories totalling more than 40,000 items, illustrating the character of the Greek world through a spectacular historical panorama from antiquity until 1922.
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Benaki Toy Museum
138 PireosThe Museum’s collections comprises many distinct categories totalling more than 40,000 items, illustrating the character of the Greek world through a spectacular historical panorama from antiquity until 1922.
It houses some of the most important artifacts from a variety of archaeological locations around Greece from prehistory to late antiquity
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Museu Arqueológico Nacional
44 28is OktovriouIt houses some of the most important artifacts from a variety of archaeological locations around Greece from prehistory to late antiquity
Essentials
ΑΒ Βασιλόπουλος
151 Lenorman2 minutes on food. Everyday except Sunday until 9pm.
Ok! Anytime Markets
15 KipselisOpen every day of the week until 11pm!
Mpakakos Alexandros
48b 3is SeptemvriouThe closest pharmacy!