Guidebook for Athina
Food Scene
It's an Italian restaurant-cafe, 3 minutes from the apartment. It's a solid choice, because it's 24h open and it has big portions if you want to eat(mostly pizza and spaghetti), but it's also famous for it's sweet croissants (with chocolate/cream filling and glazed strawberries/cherries) and tasty sandwiches, perfect for breakfast on the go!
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CIAO ITALIA
133 Leof. Andrea SiggrouIt's an Italian restaurant-cafe, 3 minutes from the apartment. It's a solid choice, because it's 24h open and it has big portions if you want to eat(mostly pizza and spaghetti), but it's also famous for it's sweet croissants (with chocolate/cream filling and glazed strawberries/cherries) and tasty sandwiches, perfect for breakfast on the go!
We recommend this restaurant if you want to eat fish and seafood in general. It's located in a peaceful pedestrian area, near Syggrou Fix metro station (which is 5' from our apartment by bus), and it has great service and reasonable prices!
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Skoubri - Σκουμπρί
14 DrakouWe recommend this restaurant if you want to eat fish and seafood in general. It's located in a peaceful pedestrian area, near Syggrou Fix metro station (which is 5' from our apartment by bus), and it has great service and reasonable prices!
A modern coffee shop/restaurant, open from 7 am. They offer really good coffee (the best in the neighborhood imho!) and in the morning you can usually find businessmen enjoying their coffee/breakfast and newspapers before they get to their jobs.
You can also enjoy your dinner there, the place gets quite fancy in the evening!
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Flavour business resto cafe
133 Leof. Andrea SiggrouA modern coffee shop/restaurant, open from 7 am. They offer really good coffee (the best in the neighborhood imho!) and in the morning you can usually find businessmen enjoying their coffee/breakfast and newspapers before they get to their jobs.
You can also enjoy your dinner there, the place gets quite fancy in the evening!
At "Barbadimos" traditional grill, you can enjoy dishes inspired by the Greek and Mediterranean cuisine. Try the kebab, it's delicious!
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ΜΠΑΡΜΠΑΔΗΜΟΣ ΝΕΑ ΣΜΥΡΝΗ
4 SpathariAt "Barbadimos" traditional grill, you can enjoy dishes inspired by the Greek and Mediterranean cuisine. Try the kebab, it's delicious!
"Svejk" offers quality czech quisine and and an ample variety of czech beers, in a warm and cosy envirnonment - very friendly staff and delicious , large portions!
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Svejk
8 Roumpesi"Svejk" offers quality czech quisine and and an ample variety of czech beers, in a warm and cosy envirnonment - very friendly staff and delicious , large portions!
A lovely cafe-bistrot. Offers coffee, delicious daily specials(meals), and tasty pastries. All these, in one of the most picturesque streets of old Athens. Don't miss it!
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Yiasemi
23 MnisikleousA lovely cafe-bistrot. Offers coffee, delicious daily specials(meals), and tasty pastries. All these, in one of the most picturesque streets of old Athens. Don't miss it!
It's actually a hotel/hostel which has a casual rooftop cafe, where you can enjoy your coffee-drinks with amazing Acropolis and Monastiraki view. It's also fairly cheap.
Safestay Athens
10 Agias TheklasIt's actually a hotel/hostel which has a casual rooftop cafe, where you can enjoy your coffee-drinks with amazing Acropolis and Monastiraki view. It's also fairly cheap.
Drinks & Nightlife
It has great music, great cocktails (every Thursday they cost only 5 € !) and it's one of the most lively bars of Nea Smyrni square. Open till late.
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Popup Cocktail Bar
13 25is MartiouIt has great music, great cocktails (every Thursday they cost only 5 € !) and it's one of the most lively bars of Nea Smyrni square. Open till late.
A budget-friendly neighborhood bar/coffee shop that offers coffee, brunch, greek and mediterranean finger food. Friendly staff-veeery cheap prices. Sometimes, live folk music. Cosy and friendly environment.
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14 EgeouA budget-friendly neighborhood bar/coffee shop that offers coffee, brunch, greek and mediterranean finger food. Friendly staff-veeery cheap prices. Sometimes, live folk music. Cosy and friendly environment.
Georgiou Olympiou is a pedestrian street, full of little bars with cheap prices, that -among other drinks- offer raki and tsipouro (tradtional alcoholic beverages) and traditional greek finger food (called "poikilia" ).
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Georgiou Olimpiou
Georgiou OlimpiouGeorgiou Olympiou is a pedestrian street, full of little bars with cheap prices, that -among other drinks- offer raki and tsipouro (tradtional alcoholic beverages) and traditional greek finger food (called "poikilia" ).
A small and cozy tavern, where you can eat traditional mediterranean meals and drink wine, rakomelo (raki mixed with honey and spices-delicious and perfect for cold winter days!) and many more on a really low budget!
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Sphḗka
15 Str. KontouliA small and cozy tavern, where you can eat traditional mediterranean meals and drink wine, rakomelo (raki mixed with honey and spices-delicious and perfect for cold winter days!) and many more on a really low budget!
Arts & Culture
Onassis Cultural Center hosts many interesting art installations, music concerts and theatrical plays. Find more info here: http://www.sgt.gr/eng
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Onassis Stegi
107 Leof. Andrea SiggrouOnassis Cultural Center hosts many interesting art installations, music concerts and theatrical plays. Find more info here: http://www.sgt.gr/eng
Acropolis Museum
15 Dionysiou AreopagitouStavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
364 Leof. Andrea SiggrouEugenides Foundation, is mainly a Library where you can find many physical and natural sciences-oriented books, but also literature titles and many more (a lot of them in English, French, German etc..).
The EugenFound also has a Planetarium, that offers many screenings concerning space and physics and it's a beautiful experience for children as well as for adults. Taken from the official site:
"The planetarium as a synthetic training device, one of the most enjoyable and effective ever devised, quickly became an excellent way for millions of people to learn things they believed were beyond their learning abilities, for older generations to share their knowledge with younger ones and for experts to come into contact with the layman. That is because the planetarium has an amazing capacity that enables both scientists and those with just a basic education to enjoy exactly the same show and share the sensation of the overall general development in events and the relation between cause and effect.. "
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Ίδρυμα Ευγενίδου/ Eugenides Foundation
387 Leof. Andrea SiggrouEugenides Foundation, is mainly a Library where you can find many physical and natural sciences-oriented books, but also literature titles and many more (a lot of them in English, French, German etc..).
The EugenFound also has a Planetarium, that offers many screenings concerning space and physics and it's a beautiful experience for children as well as for adults. Taken from the official site:
"The planetarium as a synthetic training device, one of the most enjoyable and effective ever devised, quickly became an excellent way for millions of people to learn things they believed were beyond their learning abilities, for older generations to share their knowledge with younger ones and for experts to come into contact with the layman. That is because the planetarium has an amazing capacity that enables both scientists and those with just a basic education to enjoy exactly the same show and share the sensation of the overall general development in events and the relation between cause and effect.. "
The National Archaeological Museum of Athens is the largest archaeological museum in Greece and one of the most important museums in the world devoted to ancient Greek art.
It was founded at the end of the 19th century to house and protect antiquities from all over Greece, thus displaying their historical, cultural and artistic value.
http://www.namuseum.gr/wellcome-en.html
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National Archaeological Museum
44 28is OktovriouThe National Archaeological Museum of Athens is the largest archaeological museum in Greece and one of the most important museums in the world devoted to ancient Greek art.
It was founded at the end of the 19th century to house and protect antiquities from all over Greece, thus displaying their historical, cultural and artistic value.
http://www.namuseum.gr/wellcome-en.html
Parks & Nature
Nea Smyrni's central park. Friendly for joggers and families, it contains outdoor fitness equipment (which you can use for free!) and a playground for children!
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Alsos
Nea Smyrni's central park. Friendly for joggers and families, it contains outdoor fitness equipment (which you can use for free!) and a playground for children!
A park near the sea, with many coffee shops and restaurants nearby. You can get there either by bus, or by taking the tram. It's very romantic, especially at sunset!
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Park Floisvos Ltd
A park near the sea, with many coffee shops and restaurants nearby. You can get there either by bus, or by taking the tram. It's very romantic, especially at sunset!
Sightseeing
Be sure to visit "Anafiotika" area - you will feel like you are in the narrow streets of the Greek islands.
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Plaka
24 MnisikleousBe sure to visit "Anafiotika" area - you will feel like you are in the narrow streets of the Greek islands.
The Pnyx, is a hill in central Athens, near the metro Acropolis.
The Pnyx was used for popular assemblies in Athens as early as 507 BC. It was then outside the city proper, but close enough to be convenient. It looks down on the ancient Agora, which was the commercial and social centre of the city.
At this site all the great political struggles of Athens of the "Golden Age" were fought out. Pericles, Aristides and Alcibiades spoke here, within sight of the Parthenon, temple of Athena.
It's a great place for a walk, feels like you're taking a stroll in side history..
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Pnyx
The Pnyx, is a hill in central Athens, near the metro Acropolis.
The Pnyx was used for popular assemblies in Athens as early as 507 BC. It was then outside the city proper, but close enough to be convenient. It looks down on the ancient Agora, which was the commercial and social centre of the city.
At this site all the great political struggles of Athens of the "Golden Age" were fought out. Pericles, Aristides and Alcibiades spoke here, within sight of the Parthenon, temple of Athena.
It's a great place for a walk, feels like you're taking a stroll in side history..
Getting Around
FUNKyRiDe
1 Dimitrakopoulou Bike rental.
Hertz
71 Vasilissis Sofias Car Rental.
In front of the church of "Agios Sostis" you can find a central bus stop, where you can take various bus-lines: ^10,106,126,136 will take you to "Syggrou Fix" metro station (it's in the Red Line, one stop before Acropolis, two stops before Syntagma Square).. *A2, B2 and 040 will get you directly to Syntagma square - oh, and 040 line is on 24h so it's very convenient if you decide to stay late in the center!
Church of Metamorfosi tou Sotiros - Agios Sostis
131 Leof. Andrea SiggrouIn front of the church of "Agios Sostis" you can find a central bus stop, where you can take various bus-lines: ^10,106,126,136 will take you to "Syggrou Fix" metro station (it's in the Red Line, one stop before Acropolis, two stops before Syntagma Square).. *A2, B2 and 040 will get you directly to Syntagma square - oh, and 040 line is on 24h so it's very convenient if you decide to stay late in the center!
Car-rental place, 1' from the apartment! Their website can be found here: http://www.acropolis-rentacar.com .
Acropolis Rent a Car
11 KratitosCar-rental place, 1' from the apartment! Their website can be found here: http://www.acropolis-rentacar.com .
Entertainment & Activities
Odeon Starcity
& LeontiouNeighborhood movie theater.