Greece’s only interactive Digital Museum in Greece is located in the neighborhood where Plato founded his school of philosophy, the Academy, around 387 BC. Built like a box with one exit and one entrance to symbolize the path to enlightenment, the purpose of the museum is to create a link between the life and teachings of the ancient philosopher and modern-day Athens. Digital Museum Monastiriou & Kreontos, Akadimia Platonos • Open Tuesdays-Sundays 9:00-16:00 • Admission free.
• Download: The Android app “Philosophy Navigator” takes you around 91 landmarks in the center through 10 cultural tours centered on Plato’s Academy. Available in nine languages.
One of the new alternative tours of the city. Athens by Bike offers a morning group at 10:00 and one at 14:00. The tour starts at Dionysiou Areopagitou, taking in Plaka, Monastiraki, the Ancient Agora and Thiseio, looping back along the bottom of Philopappos Hill. A stop in the island-like neighborhood of Anafiotika is a recent addition that affords amazing city views.
• €35/adult, €20/child.
At night, book a spot with Athens Insiders for Greek spirit tasting. Their sommeliers organize private tastings and tutorials on Greece’s most famous alcoholic drinks, including tsipouro, mastic liqueur and ouzo.
• From €55/person.
Wild in the City is known for its sugar-free desserts, flour-free pastas and eggless pies. Whatever you choose, it won’t contain any processed ingredients. You’ll find creative goodies like sweet-potato pasta, almond flour and syrup cakes and cheesecake with quinoa and lactose-free yoghurt. The décor follows the same natural concept.
• 7 Voulis, Stoa Bolani, Syntagma • Tel. (+30) 210.331.5776
A modern dine-in delicatessen just a few steps from Kolonaki Square, Kostarelos family-run cheese shop is full of treasures from dairies across Greece. Try its famous feta in a sandwich with roasted mushrooms or the soft, spreadable goat’s cheese (galotyri) from Epirus with roasted vegetables on rustic bread. Salads and sweets like rice pudding with chocolate mousse are also on offer.
• 30-32 Patriarchou Ioakeim, Kolonaki • Tel. (+30) 210.721.5972 • Open Mon-Fri 8:00-21:00, Saturday 8:00-20:00
The team behind the award-winning Athenian bar The Clumsies opened a Mexican pop-up bar named after the transformed former slum of Palmitas in Mexico. Colorful lights, eye-catching graffiti and lively music set the mood. Vamos? • 11 Iera Odos, 4th floor, Gazi metro station • Open Fri & Sat from 20:00, through April.
A new breed of designers has made over the ultra-Greek symbols of evzones, the blue glass eye and Hermes’ sandals, and to celebrate this creativity, catch the exhibition running to December 31 at Forget Me NΩt (100 Adrianou, Plaka). Even if you miss the show, you’ll find the biggest collection of Made in Greece items here. For a further look at the Greek design scene, visit Matalou at Home (5 Ipitou, Plaka), or Concierge Athens (8 Aghias Theklas, Psyrri), to check out items from the exhibition “It’s all, oh so souvenir to me.”
Nena Dimitriou | December 21st, 2015
Athens is changing. The ancient city is embracing its modern, alternative and creative side to bring you souvenirs nothing like you’d imagined, tours that show you the city that lies beyond the tour books and museums where you’re invited to join in and get interactive.
Greece’s only interactive Digital Museum in Greece is located in the neighborhood where Plato founded his school of philosophy, the Academy, around 387 BC. Built like a box with one exit and one entrance to symbolize the path to enlightenment, the purpose of the museum is to create a link between the life and teachings of the ancient philosopher and modern-day Athens. Digital Museum Monastiriou & Kreontos, Akadimia Platonos • Open Tuesdays-Sundays 9:00-16:00 • Admission free.
• Download: The Android app “Philosophy Navigator” takes you around 91 landmarks in the center through 10 cultural tours centered on Plato’s Academy. Available in nine languages.
One of the new alternative tours of the city. Athens by Bike offers a morning group at 10:00 and one at 14:00. The tour starts at Dionysiou Areopagitou, taking in Plaka, Monastiraki, the Ancient Agora and Thiseio, looping back along the bottom of Philopappos Hill. A stop in the island-like neighborhood of Anafiotika is a recent addition that affords amazing city views.
• €35/adult, €20/child.
At night, book a spot with Athens Insiders for Greek spirit tasting. Their sommeliers organize private tastings and tutorials on Greece’s most famous alcoholic drinks, including tsipouro, mastic liqueur and ouzo.
• From €55/person.
Wild in the City is known for its sugar-free desserts, flour-free pastas and eggless pies. Whatever you choose, it won’t contain any processed ingredients. You’ll find creative goodies like sweet-potato pasta, almond flour and syrup cakes and cheesecake with quinoa and lactose-free yoghurt. The décor follows the same natural concept.
• 7 Voulis, Stoa Bolani, Syntagma • Tel. (+30) 210.331.5776
A modern dine-in delicatessen just a few steps from Kolonaki Square, Kostarelos family-run cheese shop is full of treasures from dairies across Greece. Try its famous feta in a sandwich with roasted mushrooms or the soft, spreadable goat’s cheese (galotyri) from Epirus with roasted vegetables on rustic bread. Salads and sweets like rice pudding with chocolate mousse are also on offer.
• 30-32 Patriarchou Ioakeim, Kolonaki • Tel. (+30) 210.721.5972 • Open Mon-Fri 8:00-21:00, Saturday 8:00-20:00
The team behind the award-winning Athenian bar The Clumsies opened a Mexican pop-up bar named after the transformed former slum of Palmitas in Mexico. Colorful lights, eye-catching graffiti and lively music set the mood. Vamos? • 11 Iera Odos, 4th floor, Gazi metro station • Open Fri & Sat from 20:00, through April.
A new breed of designers has made over the ultra-Greek symbols of evzones, the blue glass eye and Hermes’ sandals, and to celebrate this creativity, catch the exhibition running to December 31 at Forget Me NΩt (100 Adrianou, Plaka). Even if you miss the show, you’ll find the biggest collection of Made in Greece items here. For a further look at the Greek design scene, visit Matalou at Home (5 Ipitou, Plaka), or Concierge Athens (8 Aghias Theklas, Psyrri), to check out items from the exhibition “It’s all, oh so souvenir to me.”
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