These are places you can visit during your stay in Athens. Just to be on the safe side, Athens Photo tour is not affiliated by any of the following companies, we have just used their services, loved them and we gladly refer them to you!
Restaurants – Food
Ama Lachei at Nefeli’s – Excellent Greek food, old school converted to restaurant with a unique yard.
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Scholarxeio Plaka – You used to skip school and visit Plaka for Scholarxeio. They serve “meze” plates where you order little bit of everything.
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Rozalia – Typical Greek restaurant which Greeks trust for their excellent food. Good quality food, excellent prices.
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Guarantee – Best sandwich place owned by a former navy captain and his family. Not only you will find gourmet food by you will they will recommend best flavours for your sandwich. Try their homemade juices.
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Brettos Bar in Plaka – BRETTOS is the oldest distillery in Athens. It started operating for the first time back in 1909. Characteristic is the beautiful décor of a wall full of coloured bottles lit from behind that fill the entire back wall floor to ceiling, providing a colour spectrum in contrast to the 200 year old building.
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Takis Bakery – Selling “Koulouri” from 1961, they are situated near the foothill of Acropolis, selling more than 30 different bread types. High quality Greek bread!
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Shopping
Forget me Not – Contemporary Greek Design | Fabulous Memorabilia, Shop at Andrianou str, Plaka
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Places to visit
Acropolis Museum – The new museum opened it’s doors in 2009. Excellent place to learn Greek history, they have a nice restaurant also.
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Lycabettus hill – Highest places you can be inside Athens, best place to watch the sunset. Grab a taxi to Lycabettus hill, you can either walk up or use the cable car. There is a restaurant and coffee place up top.
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Other Photo Tours
Photo Walks in Athens – Athens
Meteora Photo Tours – Kalabaka, Meteora
the Santorini Photographer – Santorini island