Your ultimate guide to Greece

The best things to do selected by the Athens Voice team

This is Greece

Body language

Don't be offended if you are the centre of attention

The City's Passageways

I doubt that there is a nineteenth century building with a passageway attached to it

Moutza

An open palm gesture that does NOT signify love

Never on Sunday

The bright side of quality Greek music

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Things to do

I love Athens

Places to love and be loved. They do exist!

Top 10 chefs in Greece

And where to taste their cuisine

4 rock venues in Athens

Roll with the Athenian rocks

5 rooftops with magnificent view

Have a drink or a bite from high above

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Sightseeing

Museum
Ilias Lalaounis Jewellery Museum

Devoted to the historical development of the art of jewellery

Museum
Benaki Museum Pireos Street Annex

Athens’s window to contemporary art and design with no permanent collections

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Best of Athens

The place to gulp down ginger ale

Perhaps the best ginger ale in Athens, made of lemon juice, natural lemon oil, ginger in crumbs,

The quickest way to tour the Athens museums

See a virtual preview of three Athens museums before arriving in Greece.

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Hotels

Apartments
Athens Studios

A "home-like" experience extremely close to the Acropolis and the Acropolis museum

4 Stars
Stratos Vassilikos

Cool, smart, relaxed, reasonably-priced hotel

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Taste

Mediterranean
New Taste

The restaurant of the design hotel “New” offers nice breakfasts

Mediterranean
Kabar

A lovely eatery split into two parts

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Night Out

Bar
Inoteka

Tiny bar located in the middle of antique shops 

Bar
Tziz

Quiet in the morning and early afternoon, groovy after dusk

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Shopping

Fashion
Kashish Athens

Inspired by the Aegean ambience

Fashion
Favela Dress Code

Colourful funky clothes and accessories from all around the world

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