Athens, Greece

ORIENTATION:

LODGING:
• Hilton
• Ochre & Brown Boutique Hotel – T&L
• Hotel Grande Betagne – T&L – excellent locations
• Periscope -

FOOD:
• Hitlon – Byzantine – overpriced
• Agora Ilision – behind Hilton good food, fare
• Hfasitos – adrianou 31 – in plaka near the agora stretch – good cheap sidewalk cafes – order tomatoe and cucumber salad and be sure to get house bread
• Centrale and place across from it –
• Yapia – cool outdoor café with ruin overlook – many adjacent to it
• Cafes at west end of acropolis – coffee, crepes, etc.

ATTRACTIONS:
• Acropolis – go with the 12 Euro ticket for 5 attracitons if you have more then a day – includes: Ancient Agora, Theatre of Dionysos, Ramain Agora, Keramikos, Temple of Olympian Zeus
• Agora
• Pynx
• La Plaka
• National Archaelogical Museum
• Pod tour? - would not recommend for 20 Euro
• Parliament
• Panathinaikon Stadium
• Temple of Olympic Zeus/Hadrian’s Arch
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SHOPPING:
• La Plaka
• Bettina – clothing boutique T&L
• Apriati – jewelry – T&l
• Mastiha Shope – t&L
• Center of Hellenic Tradition – T&L rec