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The art of theater was born in Athens more than 2,500 years ago. So it comes as no surprise that present-day Athens is teeming with over...

The Athinais Cultural Centre is inside a former silk factory. Among its features is an art gallery containing a permanent exhibition of c...

Catering to a crowd of media executives, PR people, and magazine cover faces, this restaurant bar serves gourmet items such as grilled go...

Whiskey and wine amongst an intellectual, artsy, mostly student level crowd, with a Thai food menu, and velvet sofas and interiors and th...

The opening of the Athens Concert Hall, the Megaron, has brought the city a world-class concert venue with its imposing marble exterior a...

What would be better than sitting and having a drink and looking out towards the historical Acropolis? The Galaxy bar at the Hilton provi...

The Neon occupies the ground floor of what used to be one of the city's oldest hotels. The interior of this 19th-century building has bee...

The former Parliament is one of the city's most beautiful examples of neo-classical architecture. It was built in 1871 and served as the...

Kerameikos, the place where the ancient potters had their workshops, is the most appropriate location for this museum dedicated to contem...

The ancient Greeks were not just good at science, philosophy and the arts. They also had a reputation for more mundane pleasures, such as...

The medieval décor of Avalon is a rather unexpected feature among the trendy restaurants of Psirri, the city's new entertainment district...

The trendy Psirri district has seen many recent arrivals among the restaurants and bars crowding its narrow streets. Among them is an eve...

Greeks call this kind of food paradisiako (traditional), but paradisiacal is just as good a description. This very rea...

Not many tourists come to this favorite haunt of lawyers and businesspeople who work in the Omonia Square area. You can stick...

The roof garden of the centrally located Titania Hotel is the site of this appealing restaurant. The Olive Garden offers outdoor seating...

The oldest restaurant in the heart of Athens, today's Ideal has an Art Deco decor and lots of old favorites, from egg-lemon s...

The Psirri entertainment district is renowned for its numerous mezedopolia—traditional tavernas serving mezedes, or appetiz...

Gazi, the district once best known as the home of Athens's gasworks, is following in Psirri's fashionable footsteps. Aristera...

A most tempting alternative to the fast-food chains present at Syntagma Square is the Furin Kazan. Just a three-minute walk away from the...