Are you ready?

Are you ready to visit Greece? Are you surfing the Internet few hours before travelling to Greece?

Well, in this post we try to keep you company before arriving in Greece and in Athens, in particular.

Where to Go?

There are many places to visit in Athens. I am strongly recommending to visit Plaka, the tube Station Acropolis and Acropoli of course. The area around the tube station Acropolis still keeps some characteristics of how Athes was before the second world war. Another tube station to visit and the area around it is Monastiraki. By Monastiraki you could walk the main shop street of Athens, Ermou street. Thus, Ermou is a good choice for a walk and shopping over the day. Over the night you could again choose Monastiraki since many restaurants with good food surrounding Monastiraki's square. Another good choice is Plaka and its square where again many restaurants are available for locals and tourists.

Where you should not go?

Unfortunately there are couple of times that I see tourists around Omonoia square and especially at the streets Peiraios and Athina and them to look completely surprised and lost. They are surprised because just few meters from their luxurious hotels or near to the
down town, hundreds of poor immigrants, many people under drug influence occupy most of the streets. The area is not clean and over the night is not safe for tourists. This does not mean that
Athens is not safe, but please keep in mind to avoid over the night that neighborhoods. For giving you a better understanding how these streets are, just recall some images from East London or Newmarket in Amsterdam after midnight.

We stay for couple of days, where else shall we go?

If you are lucky enough to have couple of days to stay in Athens then there are many of places for you to explore.

An interesting street is Patision. Patision is quite long and hosts many shops, theaters and cinemas. Patision is fully served by public buses that you could easily use. Exarxia square, near to Panepistimiou and Patision, is for those seeking to see and to feel the underground life of Athens. Couple of clubs there for drinks. If you have time, seek to visit Rosalia restaurant, near
to Exarxeia square. Good food and reasonable prices. If you are looking for music stores then Panepistimiou near to Patision has couple of them. Metropolis is one of them.

Solonos, near to Akadimias, is full with bookstores and small shops for your coffee.

Gazi, near to Omonoia, is the main spot for evening enternaiment.

Many music pubs are available playing foreign music.

Food

I am strongly advising you to visit Plaka's restaurants. If you are looking for a fast food, Goodys chain is very popular in Greece with good varieties; their club sandwich is quite good.

Souvlaki! I am sure that you want to give a try. Arahova is a good souvlaki shop, near to Kanigos Square, towards Akadimias street. But please ask some guys from your hotel to advice you for a good, local, souvlaki shop. You will feel for a while Greek :)

Transportation

Public transportation is not bad at all. You could buy bus tickets from metro-tube stations and from local shops. "periptera", those yellow street shops, most of the times sell tickets. Please note that tickets should be validated when you entry the bus by using some clear indicated machine boxes. The duration for a single trip is one hour and half. Athens's metro is quite modern and convenient. You could visit the main spots by using only the tube.

Anyway, I am wishing you a nice trip and to enjoy your stay in Greece.

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We will post again soon, stay tuned.