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Ta 2 Mazi (2 Together)

On the outskirts of Plaka, at number 48 Nikis Street, two men, owner Elias Gogos, chef and restaurant developer, and talented chef, Harris Nikolouzos, decided to join forces after making names each for themselves separately. Inspired by all that this country has to offer, from meat to fish, homemade pasta and traditional pies, combined with […]

Restaurants & Athens - Attica

Kuzina Restaurant

Kuzina Restaurant is located in downtown Athens at Thiseio, at Adrianou 9, opposite the train tracks. From the verandah of this beautifully restored three-storey neoclassical house, the view to the temple of Hephaistos in the foreground and the Stoa of Attalos in the background, the Ancient Agora and the Acropolis above it is unsurpassed. Running […]

Restaurants & Athens - Attica

Tudor Hall restaurant at the King George

The five-star King George Hotel on Syntagma Square in the center of Athens is the quintessence of a delightful boutique hotel. The Acropolis is in full view and the main sights of the city are but a short walk away: the Acropolis and the Museum, the National Garden, the Agora, and the Plaka and Thiseion […]

Restaurants & Athens - Attica

GB Roof Garden Restaurant

With a spectacular view of the Acropolis, the stately, long-suffering Syntagma Square and Parliament House, the wooded slopes of Lycabettus and the Old Olympic Stadium, the award-winning Grande Bretagne is the most iconic hotel in Athens. Thanks to its unique location, time-honored, classic luxury and long and legendary history, the Grande Bretagne has managed to […]

Restaurants & Athens - Attica

Electra Roof Garden

With its aristocratic appearance and air from a bygone era, the Electra Palace Athens on Navarchou Nikodimou Street in Plaka is a hospitable and elegant hotel in the heart of the city. Its neoclassic architecture and décor harmonize in the most appropriate way with Plaka's historic buildings, while its marble floors, classic furniture and the […]

Restaurants & Athens - Attica

Cine Thision

Cine Thision, on the Apostolos Pavlos pedestrianized road in the district with the same name, has the honor of being repeatedly listed among the ten best open air cinemas in the world, primarily thanks to its privileged location opposite the Acropolis. In fact, in 2012 CNN placed it at the top of the list, citing […]

Sights & Athens - Attica

Cine Paris

The story behind Cine Paris begins in the early 20th century, around 1920, when a Greek hairdresser, who had spent many years in Paris, had the idea of opening up a summer cinema and gave it the name of the city he had loved. Around 1960, when Athens was being reconstructed after years of Occupation […]

Sights & Athens - Attica

Summer cinemas: Absolute enchantment

'There are certain moonlit nights, spent at the open-air summer cinemas Nights that pass and will not come again With honeysuckle and jasmine' There is no better evocation of the magic of the summer cinemas of Athens than the lyrics of Loukianos Kilaidonis (a popular singer of the 70s and 80s). It's true that, lovely […]

Sights & Athens - Attica

ATTIKI Honey

Bee and bee products were highly valued by all social classes in Ancient Greece. Honey (meli in Greek), the food and drink of Greek gods, Greek god's nectar and ambrosia, was part of citizens' everyday live. Hippocrates, Democritus and Aristotle have exalted the nutritional and healing benefits of honey. "Meli Attiki" is a legendary company, […]

Producers & Athens - Attica

Costarelos Cheese & Dairy

Kostarelos cheese. Does that name ring a bell? Kostarelos cheeses are known not only to those who live in Eastern Attica (keep on reading and you'll soon find out why) but also to all those who are serious about cheese and do not mind leaving the city center and heading to Markopoulo in Messogia, a region […]

Producers & Athens - Attica

Aiolou 68 restaurant

Three young successful entrepreneurs coming from the restaurant industry, Vasilis Akrivos, chef at Psariston fish restaurant in Neo Iraklio, Angelos Frantzis, chef at Bar BQ grill restaurant in Nea Smyrni and Giorgos Tarnaris, oenologist with professional experience in the wine sector, decided to join their forces, knowledge and enthusiasm and set up a restaurant in […]

Restaurants & Athens - Attica

O Fournos tou Taki (Takis Bakery)

Fournos tou Taki (Takis Bakery), a small bakery located in Koukaki at 14, Misaraliotou Street, just across Acropolis, is one of the most popular bakeries in Athens. You might think? why is this bakery so famous? Well, there are many reasons why. More than 30 types of bread are produced here every day: wheaten [...]

Producers & Athens - Attica

Dionysos Restaurant

Sitting in a prominent location offering panoramic views of the Holy Rock of Acropolis and the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in the foreground, Dionysos Restaurant justly deserves its boast of the best view to Acropolis in Athens. Constructed between 1961 and 1962 as “Dionysos” public recreational facility, the building is a glorious example of post-war […]

Restaurants & Athens - Attica

Oinomageirio Ipiros (Epirus Taverna)

Athens night life has its rules; having patsa (tripe soup) at Varvakeios Central Market before calling it a night was a deep-rooted habit that survived for decades. There, down the corridors of the Central Market (also called Varvakeios Agora, agora standing for market in Greek), among the butcher shops, closed during night hours, the Market's […]

Tavernas & Athens - Attica

Ouzo Bar - Ouzeri Karayiannis

As you walk in Varvakeios Agora (Varvakeios Central Market) from its main entrance, at approximately 50 meters on your left, you come across the Fish Shop “Korakis”, owned by Spyros Korakis, the Nestor of the fish market, president of the Market's fishmongers for years, a man who knows his trade inside out. Take the narrow […]

Traditional Cafés & Athens - Attica

Café Avissinia

Ever since I finished my studies in Paris and returned back home in 1980, Avissinias Square has been my favorite place for a Sunday walk in Athens. However, there was no place there to grab a bite or have a proper lunch. Thus, heading to Plaka or Thission was the only solution to satisfy one's […]

Restaurants & Athens - Attica

aleria

Aleria Restaurant is located in the city center on 57, Megalou Alexandrou Street, in the neighborhood of Metaxourgeio in Athens. The restaurant sits in an old, beautifully decorated mansion. With its spectacular flooring combination of ceramic tiles and cross pattern wood parquet, the wallpapers, the paintings on the walls, the statutes, the elegant tables, this […]

Restaurants & Athens - Attica

Or Platanos

The taverna "O Platanos", owned by Takis Karyanos, is located in Plaka at a small square with a large plane-tree. Both the taverna and the square were named after the plane-tree, platanos in Greek. You'll find it right next to Aerides, just across the Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments. The taverna was opened by […]

Tavernas & Athens - Attica

Diporto

Diporto is a basement-level tavern (koutouki in Greek) located at the corner of Sokratous and Theatrou Streets in the district of Athens Central Market. Even though the 150 years old building that houses the taverna, which is as old as the building, has two staircases, leading to either street, you would never guess the world […]

Tavernas & Athens - Attica

The Eidikon

On Salaminos and Psaron Street, at the neighborhood of Tambouria in Piraeus, the sign on the wall gives you all the information you need to know. You have reached Oinopantopoleio To Eidikon, owned by Apostolis Papakonstantinou and Sons; year of foundation: 1920. Oinopantopoleio, a venue on the verge of extinction nowadays, is an emporium / grocery and […]

Tavernas & Athens - Attica

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