Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
To Tsai (
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Getting There
Metro
Emerge at Evangelismos station (blue line) for the eastern extents of Kolonaki.
Metro
Syntagma station (blue and red lines) brings you to Kolonaki's western edge.
The Sights in a Day
Watch the world go by while fuelling up with coffee on Plateia Kolonakiou or
at nearby
Filion
(
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)
. Once you're sated, head out to three of the best
museums in Athens: the
Museum of Cycladic Art
(
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)
, the
Byzantine &
Christian Museum
(
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)
, and the
Benaki Museum
(
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)
.These could
easily fill your day.
Plan to lunch at the Benaki with its terrace cafe, refreshing garden and Acropolis
views. Then the browsing begins. Kolonaki is the romping area of fashionistas,
so if haute couture is what you're after, you've come to the right place. Even just visiting
Fanourakis
(
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)
, the stellar jeweller, or
Vassilis Zoulias
(
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)
, the cou-
tourier, will thrill. Or simply cruise the streets, window-shopping and watching Athenians
do their thing.
Plan to dine out at one of the local Italian restaurants such as
Capanna
(
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here
)
or
Il Postino
(
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)
, or people-watch at
Kalamaki Kolonaki
(
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)
. Then join the fray at the bars and clubs, like those on Plateia Kolonakiou,
Ploutarhou street or pedestrianised Haritos street, such as
City
(
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)
.
For a local's day in Kolonaki,
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.
