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The best things to do selected by the Athens Voice team

This is Greece

The Silversmithing Museum has adorned the Ioannina Castle

What we saw at the opening of the 9th thematic museum 

Neoclassical houses

Several have survived the rapid postwar urban expansion

Men in Skirts

Foustanella, the traditional pleated kilt of Greece

Graffiti

They adorn Athens' city walls, buildings, statues, almost everywhere possible

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Things to do

New trending hangouts

We got you covered this season 

Philoxenia vs. Xenophobia, tick X. Megakles Rogakos answers the questions of Angeliki Nikolari

—How did you decide on this exhibition?

Culture

Welcome to its birthplace

5 liquor stores with great bulk wine

Lately, bulk wine is entering the “why not?” area.

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Sightseeing

Museum
Melina Cultural Centre

Named after the celebrated late actress and politician Melina Mercouri

 

Museum
Industrial Gas Museum

Athens’s first industrial museum

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Best of Athens

Coolest thing to do on a Friday evening

Every Friday afternoon you will come upon an impressive sight outside Thissio Metro station: hund

The Rabbithole Bar

Follow the rabbit to a charming yard, 2’ from Syntagma Square through the Merchants’ Passage for

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Hotels

4 Stars
The Athenian Callirhoe

Comfortable hotel, ideal choice both for businesspeople and leisure visitors

3 Stars
Achilleas

Close to all the archaelogical sites and also the shopping district of Ermou

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Taste

Greek Traditional
Strofi

One of the oldest urban tavernas, right across the imposing walls of Odeon of Herodes Atticus

Wine Resto
Wine Point

Huge variety of wine from, plus live music and other surprises

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Night Out

Bar
Baba Au Rum

A place where you can enjoy quality cocktails and drinks from all over the world. They serve exceptional cocktails based on rare recipes. Also you can enjoy Greek wines and different kinds of beers from places around the world. Enjoy your special cocktail while you listen to jazz and blues music. 

Club
Moe

Greek mainstream club hits and drag shows

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Shopping

Homeware
Papapolitis

Successful through the years in the market of kitchen, bath and floors

Greek Design
Deux Hommes

The hottest place to find a limited prêt-à-porter and the current collection of the unbeatable duo
 

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