Your ultimate guide to Greece

The best things to do selected by the Athens Voice team

This is Greece

Mykonos: A tale of two villages

Mykonos, Greece, Crisis, Art, what do they all mean. You find yourself amidst an artistic platform. 

Simos Camping, our summer meet-up

Greece’s Dominica

Neoclassical houses

Several have survived the rapid postwar urban expansion

Open-air market (Laiki)

Where to buy fresh produce

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Things to do

New trending hangouts

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Life in the South

Let's take a ride to Vouliagmeni and Varkiza.

5 cool clubs in Athens

Dance around

5 places to visit around Syntagma Square

Hip bars and cafes at the heart of the city

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Sightseeing

Landmark Building
House of Parliament

Overlooking Syntagma square, it was originally the Royal Palace of the first monarchs of modern Greece

Museum
Benaki Museum

Its permanent collection with more than 40,000 items offers a timeline of Greek history

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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

Most aristocratic chocolaterie

Taste hundreds of screws, made of delicious black or milk chocolate

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Hotels

4 Stars
Hera Hotel

Small boutique hotel, housed in an early 20th-century building of the “neo-classical” style

4 Stars
Alexandros

High quality business-type hotel

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Taste

Bar Restaurants
Balthazar

Here is where politicians, businessmen, actors, artists enjoy their early meals and drinks

Fast & Casual
Nice 'n' Easy

The only place in Athens with a combination of mostly organic food and calorie counts in the menu

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Night Out

Bar
8th Sin

Trendy gay bar

Bar
Intrepid Fox

The place to be, assuming you don’t have a problem when music gets noisy

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Shopping

Jewellery
Gavello

Jewellery to combine chic looks and rock attitude, with an extra attention to detail

Greek Design
Boho

Modern boutique with a huge variety of clothes

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