Wijken in Athens

Elke hoek van Athens vertelt een ander verhaal. Verken onze zorgvuldig samengestelde gids voor de meest verleidelijke wijken van de stad.

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Village-in-the-City & Historic

Plaka

The Acropolis-foot village — upper Plaka for the tavernas that stayed honest

Upper Plaka lanes (above Kydathineon)Anafiotika — Cycladic-style hamlet under the rock

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Polished & Editorial

Kolonaki

Athens' luxury slope — Voukourestiou shopping, Cookoovaya, café-square politics

Voukourestiou couture mileKolonaki Square café crowd

2 plekken

Residential & Creative

Pangrati

Residential east — Spondi (2 Michelin), Mavro Provato, the creative-class quarter

Spondi (Athens' canonical 2-Michelin room)Mavro Provato — the booked-out mezedopoleio

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Late-night & Modern

Psyrri

Late-night quarter — Ta Karamanlidika, Soul Kitchen, the modern-Greek bench

Ta Karamanlidika tou Fani (Smyrna-refugee canon)Soul Kitchen vegetarian-modern

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Transit & Postcard

Monastiraki

Acropolis-foot transit hood — flea market, rooftop bars, the postcard view

Sunday flea market on IfestouSix d.o.g.s. design-forward café-bar

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Alternative & Unpolished

Exarchia

Anarchist-intellectual quarter — no chains, bookshops, three-hour café conversations

Bookshop density (the city's highest)Tsipouro bars and cheap mezedopoleia

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Affluent & Leafy

Kifissia

Affluent northern suburb — Birdman, Hervé, the leafy-Athens dining axis

Birdman (1-Michelin izakaya)Hervé Restaurant (1-Michelin French-Greek)

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Coastal & Summer

Glyfada

Southern-coast Riviera — beach clubs, fish tavernas, the summer axis

Athens Riviera beach clubsCoast-road fish tavernas

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Rising & Modern-Casual

Koukaki

Rising Acropolis-side hood — Acropolis Museum, modern-casual cluster, brunch counters

Acropolis Museum (Bernard Tschumi, 2009)Filopappou hill at sunset

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Cycladic & Curiosity

Anafiotika

Cycladic micro-hamlet on the rock — whitewashed houses, no restaurants, five-minute detour

Whitewashed Naxos-style housesAnafi-stonemason origin (1860s)

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