Athens Travel Guide
Neighborhoods
Layers of history intersect at the city’s hub of commerce and craftsmanship.
Syntagma may be the city’s nominal centre, but Monastiraki is its tourist hub. Layers of history intersect in Psirri, the hub of commerce and craftsmanship.
Places worth seeing in Monastiraki:
Avissinia Square
The Archdiocese Library
Iroon Square
Melidoni Street
Agion Asomaton Square
841 locals recommend
Monastiraki
Layers of history intersect at the city’s hub of commerce and craftsmanship.
Syntagma may be the city’s nominal centre, but Monastiraki is its tourist hub. Layers of history intersect in Psirri, the hub of commerce and craftsmanship.
Places worth seeing in Monastiraki:
Avissinia Square
The Archdiocese Library
Iroon Square
Melidoni Street
Agion Asomaton Square
The most famous Athenian neighbourhood of Plaka is definitely a top attraction for visitors. Its picturesque streets, historic landmarks and lively shops make it a must-see. Just be prepared for the crowds.
Places worth seeing in Plaka:
Anafiotika
Monument of Lysicrates
The Pikionis pathway
1300 locals recommend
Plaka
24 MnisikleousThe most famous Athenian neighbourhood of Plaka is definitely a top attraction for visitors. Its picturesque streets, historic landmarks and lively shops make it a must-see. Just be prepared for the crowds.
Places worth seeing in Plaka:
Anafiotika
Monument of Lysicrates
The Pikionis pathway
The arrival of the landmark Acropolis Museum and the pedestrian walkway linking the city’s ancient monuments has seen this historic neighbourhood emerge as one of Athens’ most fashionable postcodes.
Places worth seeing in Koukaki:
The Acropolis Museum
Dionysiou Areopagitou Promenade Areopagus Hill
Philopappou Hill
188 locals recommend
Koukaki
The arrival of the landmark Acropolis Museum and the pedestrian walkway linking the city’s ancient monuments has seen this historic neighbourhood emerge as one of Athens’ most fashionable postcodes.
Places worth seeing in Koukaki:
The Acropolis Museum
Dionysiou Areopagitou Promenade Areopagus Hill
Philopappou Hill
The heart of modern Greece beats in the historic centre of Athens — but contrary to what you’d think, it has little to do with ancient ruins.
Places worth seeing in Historic Center:
Shopping on Ermou & Aiolou
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Neoclassical Trilogy
Omonia and its landmark Square
335 locals recommend
Syntagma Station
Platia SintagmatosThe heart of modern Greece beats in the historic centre of Athens — but contrary to what you’d think, it has little to do with ancient ruins.
Places worth seeing in Historic Center:
Shopping on Ermou & Aiolou
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Neoclassical Trilogy
Omonia and its landmark Square
Despite the large numbers of transients Exarchia attracts, this jumble of pre-war townhouses and ageing post-war apartment buildings preserves a strong sense of community and tradition, with publishing houses, bookbinders, the city’s liveliest farmers’ market, rembetiko tavernas, punk boutiques, old-fashioned coffee houses, bars, a self-managed park, the National Archaeological Museum and delightful Epigraphic Museum, all within its boundaries.
168 locals recommend
Exarcheia
Despite the large numbers of transients Exarchia attracts, this jumble of pre-war townhouses and ageing post-war apartment buildings preserves a strong sense of community and tradition, with publishing houses, bookbinders, the city’s liveliest farmers’ market, rembetiko tavernas, punk boutiques, old-fashioned coffee houses, bars, a self-managed park, the National Archaeological Museum and delightful Epigraphic Museum, all within its boundaries.
In neighbourhood with a strong Cycladic colour and share of the Aegean Sea. Anafiotika is a picturesque Lilliputian district of the capital that is literally perched on the northeastern side of the Acropolis rock, on the edge of the Plaka district
323 locals recommend
Anafiotika
In neighbourhood with a strong Cycladic colour and share of the Aegean Sea. Anafiotika is a picturesque Lilliputian district of the capital that is literally perched on the northeastern side of the Acropolis rock, on the edge of the Plaka district
Mount Lycabettus
Food n’ Cafe
In this section I recommend shops for your morning coffee - brunch, for an evening cocktail but also very nice restaurants with Greek and foreign cuisine
Seychelles
49 KeramikouThe Egg of the Rooster/ΤΟ ΑΥΓΟ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΚΚΟΡΑ
46 LeonidouCiel Athens
2 MitropoleosBREAD FACTORY
40 PireosChochlidáki
31 AdrianiouYiasemi
23 MnisikleousDióskouroi
13 Dioskouron
Tigré
Birdman
35 VoulisKompraí
Pharaoh
The Makers Athens
37 PraxitelousNightlife
heteroclito
2 FokionosDepending on the night you can catch jazz acts, open mic stand-ups or some proper techno, house and disco grooves spun.
12 locals recommend
Crust
13 ProtogenousDepending on the night you can catch jazz acts, open mic stand-ups or some proper techno, house and disco grooves spun.
In the spirit of the illicit drinking dens of the 1920s, there’s no illuminated sign or doorman to lead you to this hush-hush bar, located within an ordinary-looking apartment building near Syntagma Square.
40 locals recommend
The Speakeasy
12 LekkaIn the spirit of the illicit drinking dens of the 1920s, there’s no illuminated sign or doorman to lead you to this hush-hush bar, located within an ordinary-looking apartment building near Syntagma Square.
Saorsa Athens
2 GiatrakouIs located in Avdi square
Blue Parrot
31 LeonidouLocated in Avdi square.
Baba Au Rum
6 KlitiouArt n’ Exploration
Acropolis Museum
Plásmata: Bodies, Dreams, and Data
Δημόσιον Καπνεργοστάσιον
218 LenormanCoastal areas
Alimos
Glyfada Beach
3 Diadochou PavlouArchaeological Site of Sounion
Ethniki Odos 91Caretta Athens
Bolivar Beach Bar
Leoforos PoseidonosStavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
364 Leof. Andrea Siggrou