For those who haven't been there before, it's hard not to envisage images of ancient sites and temples when thinking of Athens. But since a certain sporting event was held in the Greek capital in 2004, things have changed. This is a modern city. Cool, affordable restaurants abound, as do trendy bars that are buzzing at weekends. Find out what are the coolest ones and much more in our 3-page free pocket guide.
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Download GuideI really enjoyed my stay in Athens. A very friendly place for tourists to go with a great historical background. The city has a lot of graffiti and could be cleaned up a bit.
Insider Tip:Just be aware of your surroundings and be smart when their are protests.
Love the plaka neighborhood around the acropolis. This is a great time to visit Greece. Great time in may when it is not crowded.
Excellent city, with excellent buildings,with people with very good colture. very good transportations, the metro is the best of the world, and very nice night life.
It was not part of my itinerary but I am glad I was there. I met some of the nicest people and tried some of the best food out of my whole trip
Insider Tip:Must see: Acropolis (Go here first and with the same ticket you can also go see few other attractions such as Temple of Zeus, Roman agrora etc) Go climb this rock at night that is right next to the entrace of Acroplis. It is just beautfiful with Acropolis shining in the back and city of Athens infront of you. Explore the city and watch people....
I've just completed 3 1/2 months travelling around europe and been to roughly 30 loactions. Athens was the only one that i felt threatened in. Walking down the main drag mid-week and seeing people shooting up by the side of the road is just not on, this is the main throughfare of an Ancient city ffs. My Advice would be to get there in the morning head up to the Acropolis take some photo's and leave that afternoon/night. Not worth you valuable time.
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