Athens
EUROPE · FIESTA · ANCIENT & ELECTRIC
Twenty-five centuries of ruins with a rooftop bar on every block. Athens is having a moment.
The plan
Acropolis at 8am sharp
First entry, straight up. You'll share the Parthenon with a dozen people, not a thousand.
Plaka & Anafiotika
Below the rock hides a whitewashed island village. Get lost above the main streets.
Rooftops of Monastiraki
Every roof faces the Acropolis. Spritz at sunset while it turns gold, then floodlit.
Central Market & Psyrri
Loud, real, delicious — then souvlaki and bars in the lanes next door.
Cape Sounion
End a day at Poseidon's temple watching the sun drown in the Aegean.
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