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Day 1

Date:

  • Visits
    1. Funicular sunset view of Athens

    Lycabettus Hill
    Aristippou 1 106 76 Athina[7]

    Take the funicular for the highest view of the city at sunset.

  • Restaurants
    2. Dinner, wine, and vinyl in Athens

    Pharaoh
    Solomou 54 10682 Athens

    Wood-fired cooking and jazz in Exarchia.

  • Bar & Nightlife
    3. Natural French-Greek wine bar.

    Wine is Fine!
    Vissis 6 10551 Athens

    Natural wine bar with French-Greek influence.

  • Fun
    4. Drink an 'Aegean Negroni' at The Clumsies.

    The Clumsies
    Praxitelous 30 105 61 Athina[8]

    Consistently voted top 5 bars globally; famous for 'Aegean Negroni'.

  • Restaurants
    5. World-ranked bar ferments fruit.

    Merceri
    Herakleidon 21 11851 Athens

    Female-run fine dining bistro in Thiseio.

  • Hotels
    6. Parthenon rooftop pool illusion.

    The Dolli
    Mitropoleos 49 105 56 Athina[6]

    New opening in Plaka; rooftop pool creates an optical illusion with the Parthenon.

Day 2

Date:

  • Bar & Nightlife
    1. Try fruit fermentation cocktails

    Line Athens
    Agathodaimonos 37 11853 Athens

    World-ranked bar making fruit fermentations.

  • Cultural
    2. See Picasso Retrospective at Museum

    Goulandris Museum
    Eratosthenous 13 116 35 Athina[6]

    Modern art museum in Pangrati; hosting a Picasso retrospective in 2025.

  • Fun
    3. Acropolis rooftop cinema experience

    Cine Paris
    Kidathineon 22 105 58 Athina[7]

    Outdoor rooftop cinema with a direct view of the Acropolis; reopens May.

  • Visits
    4. Sunset view from Lycabettus Hill

    Anafiotika
    Plaka 105 58 Athens[7]

    Hidden island-style village beneath the Acropolis; whitewashed houses.

Day 3

Date:

  • Hotels
    1. Stay at trendy Glyfada hotel.

    Ace Hotel Athens
    1 Artemisiou Glyfada 16675 Athens

    New trendy hotel in Glyfada with retro-cool design.

  • Hotels
    2. Luxury beachfront resort stay.

    One&Only Aesthesis
    Leof. Poseidonos 110 166 74 Glyfada[6]

    Ultra-luxury beachfront resort on the Athenian Riviera; opened late 2024.

Other activities unassigned