The student and anarchist quarter — political murals, record shops, the cheapest good nights out in Athens. Rough-edged and completely itself; not for everyone, loved by the ones it's for.
A look around
What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.
€45–80
typical per night in Greece
Easy on the wallet
Among the cheapest areas to sleep in Athens.
What’s around
Real places inside Exarchia— you’d walk to all of these.
Γρηγόρης
sandwich
eat & sip
Η Στοά Αλλιώς
greek
Βεργίνα
regional
Αχιλλέας
regional
Raraou
Αγραφα
kebab
Άμα Λάχει
greek
Μπουγάτσα Σάββας
Μπερεκέτι
Grillάκι
souvlaki
Τράτα
greek
Places from OpenStreetMap. A snapshot — check current hours before you go.
Where it sits
The circle is Exarchia and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.
How far is everything?
From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.
- Anafiotika16 min walk1.3 km
- Temple of Hephaestus19 min walk1.6 km
- The Ancient Agora20 min walk1.6 km
- The Acropolis21 min walk1.7 km
- Hadrian's Arch21 min walk1.8 km
- Temple of Olympian Zeus23 min walk1.9 km
- Acropolis Museum24 min walk2.0 km
- Panathenaic Stadium25 min walk2.1 km
On your doorstep
What you’re living next to if you stay here.

- 8.National Archaeological Museum — The gold Mask of Agamemnon, the bronze Zeus mid-throw, the Antikythera mechanism — the greatest collection of Greek antiquity on earth, in a building most visitors never make it to. Give it two unhurried hours.
When are you staying?
Booking.com & Airbnb open searched to Exarchia; flights via Google Flights.
