Guidebook for Athina
Food Scene
Eat with the locals. This is a Greek family taverna where the whole neighborhood is coming for dinner. Great local food, not expensive and a nice ambiance.
90 locals recommend
Rosalia
59 ValtetsiouEat with the locals. This is a Greek family taverna where the whole neighborhood is coming for dinner. Great local food, not expensive and a nice ambiance.
Α beautiful courtyard, now packed with bougainvillea and palms, in its former role as the playground of a school.
178 locals recommend
Ama Lachei
69 KallidromiouΑ beautiful courtyard, now packed with bougainvillea and palms, in its former role as the playground of a school.
In a flower-filled courtyard—fashionably green and framed by wisteria and jasmine—you peruse a menu that, despite some modern influences, reads like an honest culinary journey through the far reaches of Greece.
106 locals recommend
Giántes
44 ValtetsiouIn a flower-filled courtyard—fashionably green and framed by wisteria and jasmine—you peruse a menu that, despite some modern influences, reads like an honest culinary journey through the far reaches of Greece.
Cosy sweet restaurant right in Exarchia; friendly, homey atmosphere, smiling service, generous portions and excellent value for money.
33 locals recommend
Rififi restaurant
69 Emmanouil BenakiCosy sweet restaurant right in Exarchia; friendly, homey atmosphere, smiling service, generous portions and excellent value for money.
Excellent food, nice ambience, great service. Good variety of tapas and main dishes, all fresh and tasty.
69 locals recommend
Salero
51 ValtetsiouExcellent food, nice ambience, great service. Good variety of tapas and main dishes, all fresh and tasty.
Egyptian spice infuses Greek cuisine with an exotic, eclectic, and dynamic menu at this popular restaurant in a restored neoclassical building.
ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΑ
Egyptian spice infuses Greek cuisine with an exotic, eclectic, and dynamic menu at this popular restaurant in a restored neoclassical building.
Nice place for a French atmosphere night. This cosy bistro offers a small number of well selected plates, 10 labels of well prized wine spirits, live music and homemade desserts.
8 locals recommend
Chez Violette
69 KallidromiouNice place for a French atmosphere night. This cosy bistro offers a small number of well selected plates, 10 labels of well prized wine spirits, live music and homemade desserts.
Raw materials from Crete, classic cretan dishes, in Cretan quantities. Get ready for loads of good quality food.
59 locals recommend
Oxo Nou
63 Emmanouil BenakiRaw materials from Crete, classic cretan dishes, in Cretan quantities. Get ready for loads of good quality food.
An excellent wine restaurant located at a peacefull area at a nice old mansion.
18 locals recommend
Ζάχαρη & Αλάτι wine restaurant
22 Anapiron PolemouAn excellent wine restaurant located at a peacefull area at a nice old mansion.
Arts & Culture
The National Archaeological Museum is the largest museum in Greece and one of the world's great museums. Although its original purpose was to secure all the finds from the nineteenth century excavations in and around Athens, it gradually became the central National Archaeological Museum and was enriched with finds from all over Greece. Its abundant collections, with more than 20,000 exhibits, provide a panorama of Greek civilization from the beginnings of Prehistory to Late Antiquity.
1277 locals recommend
National Archaeological Museum
44 28is OktovriouThe National Archaeological Museum is the largest museum in Greece and one of the world's great museums. Although its original purpose was to secure all the finds from the nineteenth century excavations in and around Athens, it gradually became the central National Archaeological Museum and was enriched with finds from all over Greece. Its abundant collections, with more than 20,000 exhibits, provide a panorama of Greek civilization from the beginnings of Prehistory to Late Antiquity.
The Epigraphic Museum is unique in Greece and the largest of its kind in the world. It safeguards 14,078, mostly Greek, inscriptions, which cover the period from early historical times to the Late Roman period, primarily in Greece.
12 locals recommend
Epigraphic Museum
1 TositsaThe Epigraphic Museum is unique in Greece and the largest of its kind in the world. It safeguards 14,078, mostly Greek, inscriptions, which cover the period from early historical times to the Late Roman period, primarily in Greece.
Acropolis of Athens
The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological site-specific museum, housing more than 3.000 famous artefacts from the Athenian Acropolis, the most significant sanctuary of the ancient city.
2190 locals recommend
Acropolis Museum
15 Dionysiou AreopagitouThe Acropolis Museum is an archaeological site-specific museum, housing more than 3.000 famous artefacts from the Athenian Acropolis, the most significant sanctuary of the ancient city.
Entertainment & Activities
Frequented by local actors and artists, this legendary rooftop cinema on Exarcheia Square – famous for its love of the Hitchcock oeuvre – shows European and arty films true to the intellectual character of the district.
18 locals recommend
Vox Open Air Cinema
82 ThemistokleousFrequented by local actors and artists, this legendary rooftop cinema on Exarcheia Square – famous for its love of the Hitchcock oeuvre – shows European and arty films true to the intellectual character of the district.
In a spacious, scented garden in the Exarcheia neighbourhood, the alternative quarter of Athens, this open-air cinema screens classical and European movies. Fountains play underneath the projection screen; alluring cosy tavernas are nearby.
37 locals recommend
Cinema Riviera
46 ValtetsiouIn a spacious, scented garden in the Exarcheia neighbourhood, the alternative quarter of Athens, this open-air cinema screens classical and European movies. Fountains play underneath the projection screen; alluring cosy tavernas are nearby.
Essentials
A nearby supermarket.
Opening hours:
Mon-Fri 08:00 - 21:00 /
Sat 08:00 - 20:00 /
Sun Closed
67 locals recommend
ΑΒ Βασιλόπουλος
151 LenormanA nearby supermarket.
Opening hours:
Mon-Fri 08:00 - 21:00 /
Sat 08:00 - 20:00 /
Sun Closed
A mini market that is open daily from 08:00 to 23:00. It is the only market that operates on Sundays and that is open late at night.
104 locals recommend
Ok! Anytime Markets
15 KipselisA mini market that is open daily from 08:00 to 23:00. It is the only market that operates on Sundays and that is open late at night.