Guidebook for Athina

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Guidebook for Athina

Food Scene

More gourmet choices in a beautiful garden.
178 locals recommend
Ama Lachei
69 Kallidromiou
178 locals recommend
More gourmet choices in a beautiful garden.
A bakery since 1910 where you can find everything for your breakfast from fresh bread, croissants and cheese pie to coffee and great cakes
11 locals recommend
Artiston
61 Σπυρίδωνος Τρικούπη
11 locals recommend
A bakery since 1910 where you can find everything for your breakfast from fresh bread, croissants and cheese pie to coffee and great cakes
9 locals recommend
Cafe Paraskinio
68 Kallidromiou
9 locals recommend
Our favorite Asian restaurant with great dishes and friendly prices
Wabi Sabi
8 Kaniggos
Our favorite Asian restaurant with great dishes and friendly prices
Smoothies from fresh fruit, super foods, greek yogurt and ice cream after a long day around Athens sound great!
HAPPY BLENDER
39 Ifestou
Smoothies from fresh fruit, super foods, greek yogurt and ice cream after a long day around Athens sound great!
If you want to taste soulvaki, greek salad or feta cheese this is where you can find some!
10 locals recommend
Παναθηναια Ψητοπωλειο
20 Zonara
10 locals recommend
If you want to taste soulvaki, greek salad or feta cheese this is where you can find some!
Enjoy local food, traditional dishes and good prices in a nice garden
90 locals recommend
Rosalia
59 Valtetsiou
90 locals recommend
Enjoy local food, traditional dishes and good prices in a nice garden
You can taste traditional greek bougatsa (a type of pastry) with different fillings, either with cream or cheese.
Θερμαϊκού Γεύσεις
30 Leof. Alexandras
You can taste traditional greek bougatsa (a type of pastry) with different fillings, either with cream or cheese.
Local Cretan cuisine in Exarcheia. A taste of the delicious Mediterranean dishes.
59 locals recommend
Oxo Nou
63 Emmanouil Benaki
59 locals recommend
Local Cretan cuisine in Exarcheia. A taste of the delicious Mediterranean dishes.
ΑΤΤΑΛΟΣ εστιατόριο-μαγειρείο
9 Adrianou
8 locals recommend
29 locals recommend
Alexandra
21 Zonara
29 locals recommend
Excellent food choices and great dishes
106 locals recommend
Giántes
44 Valtetsiou
106 locals recommend
Excellent food choices and great dishes
High quality food in an elegant place
69 locals recommend
Salero
51 Valtetsiou
69 locals recommend
High quality food in an elegant place
Go up Strefi Hill to eat greek mezedes in Exostrefis tavern.
28 locals recommend
Εξωστρεφής
Anexartisias
28 locals recommend
Go up Strefi Hill to eat greek mezedes in Exostrefis tavern.
33 locals recommend
Rififi restaurant
69 Emmanouil Benaki
33 locals recommend
Every Saturday you can experience the vibrant atmosphere of the open farmers' market (Laiki), choose local fruit and vegetables and enjoy your coffee in one of the cafes in Kallidromiou str.
26 locals recommend
Laiki Farmer's Market
Kallidromiou
26 locals recommend
Every Saturday you can experience the vibrant atmosphere of the open farmers' market (Laiki), choose local fruit and vegetables and enjoy your coffee in one of the cafes in Kallidromiou str.
For those who have a sweet tooth or just have a need for a dessert such as a profiterole....
35 locals recommend
Sorolop
17 Andrea Metaxa
35 locals recommend
For those who have a sweet tooth or just have a need for a dessert such as a profiterole....
Home made sandwich bread and excellent combinations created by a real chef in friendly prices
7 locals recommend
Talking Breads
11 Spirou Trikoupi
7 locals recommend
Home made sandwich bread and excellent combinations created by a real chef in friendly prices
Have a coffee, juice, tea or beer in "5 roads"
6 locals recommend
5 Dromoi
1 Soultani
6 locals recommend
Have a coffee, juice, tea or beer in "5 roads"
Take away falafel place with good prices
11 locals recommend
Ap-allou
47 Themistokleous
11 locals recommend
Take away falafel place with good prices
If you are walking around Plaka then it would be nice to find cafe Melina and spend some time in this picturesque Plaka alley looking at a nice bocamviglia tree as you are enjoying your coffee.
36 locals recommend
Cafe Melina
22 Lisiou
36 locals recommend
If you are walking around Plaka then it would be nice to find cafe Melina and spend some time in this picturesque Plaka alley looking at a nice bocamviglia tree as you are enjoying your coffee.
According to "House & Garden" magazine " Philos is and elegantly decayed neoclassical mansion on Solonos Street that is part café (excellent coffee and breakfast) and part retail adventure for fashion and homeware"
23 locals recommend
Philos Athens
32 Solonos
23 locals recommend
According to "House & Garden" magazine " Philos is and elegantly decayed neoclassical mansion on Solonos Street that is part café (excellent coffee and breakfast) and part retail adventure for fashion and homeware"
I quote "House and Garden again "for evenings, my favourite restaurants include Noel, which attracts cool young Athenians with its quirky interiors and s music"
308 locals recommend
Noel
59B Kolokotroni
308 locals recommend
I quote "House and Garden again "for evenings, my favourite restaurants include Noel, which attracts cool young Athenians with its quirky interiors and s music"
Smoothies, soups, vegan snaks, superfood.
Up-Kittariki Threpsi
91 Akadimias
Smoothies, soups, vegan snaks, superfood.
Homelike honest greek food (greek mezedes), live greek music in a nice clean place.
6 locals recommend
Tivoli
34 Emmanouil Benaki
6 locals recommend
Homelike honest greek food (greek mezedes), live greek music in a nice clean place.
If you are vegan and you want to taste greek souvlaki you can visit this place and find an excellent choice of tastes.
18 locals recommend
Cookoomela Grill
43 Themistokleous
18 locals recommend
If you are vegan and you want to taste greek souvlaki you can visit this place and find an excellent choice of tastes.
Great coffee and homemade snaks
coffee stand athens
46 Mpoumpoulinas
Great coffee and homemade snaks
Athenians stand in a queue to taste superb italian bread and sandwiches
6 locals recommend
The Black Salami Microbakery
71 Zoodochou Pigis
6 locals recommend
Athenians stand in a queue to taste superb italian bread and sandwiches

Parks & Nature

For jogging or casually walking around
232 locals recommend
Pedion tou Areos
232 locals recommend
For jogging or casually walking around
117 locals recommend
Strefi Hill
134 Emmanouil Benaki
117 locals recommend
The National Gardens from 1839
1171 locals recommend
National Garden
1 Leoforos Vasilisis Amalias
1171 locals recommend
The National Gardens from 1839

Getting Around

Visit the Attika beaches or Poseidon Temple in Sounio and other attractions in a low cost
Bus terminal
Visit the Attika beaches or Poseidon Temple in Sounio and other attractions in a low cost
Metro station
74 locals recommend
ΣΤ.ΒΙΚΤΩΡΙΑΣ
74 locals recommend
Metro station

Arts & Culture

The Hellenic Motor Museum is really close by.
All the ancient Greek archaeological treasures can be seen in this amazing museum!
1277 locals recommend
National Archaeological Museum
44 28is Oktovriou
1277 locals recommend
All the ancient Greek archaeological treasures can be seen in this amazing museum!
Operas, ballet performances, music concerts and more are all there during the Athens Epidaurous Festival every summer in this amazing odeon under the Acropolis.
442 locals recommend
Odeon of Herodes Atticus
Dionysiou Areopagitou
442 locals recommend
Operas, ballet performances, music concerts and more are all there during the Athens Epidaurous Festival every summer in this amazing odeon under the Acropolis.
In this amazing and recently renovated museum you can admire some wonderful exhibits from the Byzantine era, you can also walk around the gardens and have a drink in the cafe.
231 locals recommend
Byzantine and Christian Museum
22 Leof. Vasilissis Sofias
231 locals recommend
In this amazing and recently renovated museum you can admire some wonderful exhibits from the Byzantine era, you can also walk around the gardens and have a drink in the cafe.
The brand new cultural center which houses the National Library, the National Opera and the Stavros Niarchos Park offering guided tours and various activities each day.
741 locals recommend
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
364 Leof. Andrea Siggrou
741 locals recommend
The brand new cultural center which houses the National Library, the National Opera and the Stavros Niarchos Park offering guided tours and various activities each day.
The Iliou Melathron is located in downtown Athens. It was built in 1878-1879 and designed by the German architect Ernst Ziller, as the residence of the Schliemann family. Its name, meaning the Palace of Troy, was associated with the discovery of the ancient city by Heinrich Schliemann. The building itself is a great experience. You can admire coins collection through history.
111 locals recommend
Numismatic Museum
12 El. Venizelou
111 locals recommend
The Iliou Melathron is located in downtown Athens. It was built in 1878-1879 and designed by the German architect Ernst Ziller, as the residence of the Schliemann family. Its name, meaning the Palace of Troy, was associated with the discovery of the ancient city by Heinrich Schliemann. The building itself is a great experience. You can admire coins collection through history.
No words needed for one of the most famous museums in the world.
2190 locals recommend
Acropolis Museum
15 Dionysiou Areopagitou
2190 locals recommend
No words needed for one of the most famous museums in the world.
Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology
6 Pindarou
32 locals recommend
74 locals recommend
Museum of Illusions Athens
12 Astiggos
74 locals recommend
62 locals recommend
Hellenic Motor Museum
33 Ioulianou
62 locals recommend
527 locals recommend
Museum of Cycladic Art
4 Neofitou Douka
527 locals recommend
Tactual Museum of Athens
198 Doiranis
National History Museum (Old Parliament)
13 Stadiou
77 locals recommend
National Art Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos
Leoforos Panagioti Kanellopoulou
80 locals recommend
13 locals recommend
Hellenic Children's Museum
19 Kidathineon
13 locals recommend

Essentials

Our weekly visit for food and other supplies in really good prices.
50 locals recommend
Sklavenitis
106 Leof. Alexandras
50 locals recommend
Our weekly visit for food and other supplies in really good prices.
This is the liqueur store of the neighborhood. The polite owners can help you find the wine that matches perfectly with your dinner!
SOLIDAKIS, D. & I., O.E.
Metsovou
This is the liqueur store of the neighborhood. The polite owners can help you find the wine that matches perfectly with your dinner!

Shopping

Avissinias square is the heart of the Athens Frea Market. Every Sunday morning you can find anything that you could imagine in this open air market.
418 locals recommend
Monastraki Flea Market
2 Ifestou
418 locals recommend
Avissinias square is the heart of the Athens Frea Market. Every Sunday morning you can find anything that you could imagine in this open air market.

Entertainment & Activities

152 locals recommend
Allou! Fun Park
και Petrou Ralli
152 locals recommend