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The best things to do selected by the Athens Voice team

GOGO ELECTRIC

Fun rides with electric bicycles and four-wheel scooters

This is Greece

23rd Naxos Festival: Everything you need to know

Throughout its long history, Naxos Festival has maintained its orientation towar

The 12 top beaches in Attica (Part 2)

5 organised beaches to take a dive before the summer holidays

The 12 top beaches in Attica (Part 1)

7 free-entrance beaches to take a dive before the summer holidays

What is the taste of summer in Athens?

Summer in Athens is in the mood for old-style taverns, coffee shops, fresh fish, ice cream and popcorn in open-air cinemas

Things to do

Taste Athens, a complex culinary universe

Athens has generated a vibrant dine-out urban culture that proudly exhibits the country’s lavish

The Greek Wine Survival Guide

So much more than just retsina. How to impress your friends.

Sweet cravings

A sweet philosophy of scented creams, crispy crusts and intriguing toppings

Shopping Athenian Style

Whatever your shopping tastes and needs, in Athens you’ll find everything money can buy.

Sightseeing

Museum

The Epigraphical Museum

The third largest museum of ancient inscriptions in the world

Museum

Benaki Museum Pireos Street Annex

A vast industrial art space organized around a central courtyard, the Benaki annex is concerned with modern, inventive and contemporary art where its other museums are concerned with the historic and the classical. Apart from a couple pf portraits of founder Antonis Benakis, the museum has no permanent exhibitions, choosing instead to have rotating temporary collections on display. The building also hosts various exhibitions, music events, performances and conferences at its modern amphitheater—it’s worth checking the schedule if you’d like to attend any. With a modern café and an excellent shop, the museum truly is Athens’s window to contemporary art and design.

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Walking Trips Milopotamos

Get a taste!

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 romantic vantage point

Take your other half to Lycabettus Hill

Hotels

4 Stars

Stratos Vassilikos

Cool, smart, relaxed, reasonably-priced hotel

3 Stars

Aria Plaka Residence

Located in a quiet back street of the crowded Psiri area, the Arion Athens Hotel provides exceedingly easy access to tourist attractions like Monastiraki, Plaka, the Acropolis and Syntagma Square. Transportation is just as convenient, with direct access to the Monastiraki metro station, the airport (ATH) and the port of Piraeus. The rooms are bright and stylish, and feature luxurious marble bathrooms, hardwood floors and doubled-glazed, soundproofed windows. Renovated just before the Olympic Games in 2004, it has a rooftop garden with a stunning view of the Acropolis and a mezzanine floor that serves a delicious English breakfast buffet every morning between 7:30am and 10:30am.