Athens

Upscale / polished

Kolonaki

8 min · 2 km from the centre

Old money on the slope of Lycabettus — galleries, tailors, the good restaurants. The most expensive address in central Athens and the calmest way to do it in comfort.

A look around

What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

Around Kolonaki, Athens
1/3

€140–240

typical per night in Greece

high for Greece

You pay for the postcode

Cheapest in AthensPriciest

One of the pricier addresses in Athens.

What’s around

Real places inside Kolonaki— you’d walk to all of these.

  • Kalamaki Kolonaki

    greek

  • Oikeio

  • Ilissia bistrot & cafe

  • Βιβλιοθήκη

  • Likovrissi

  • Everest

    burger

  • Zio Peppe

  • Piatsa Kolonaki

  • Όρνιθες

    chicken

  • Minnie the

  • Κεμπαπτζίδικον το Γνήσιον

    turkish

  • T5

Places from OpenStreetMap. A snapshot — check current hours before you go.

Where it sits

The circle is Kolonaki and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

Athens International (ATH)~33 min drive18.3 km

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

  • Panathenaic Stadium12 min walk1.0 km
  • Hadrian's Arch14 min walk1.1 km
  • Temple of Olympian Zeus15 min walk1.2 km
  • National Archaeological Museum18 min walk1.5 km
  • The Acropolis18 min walk1.5 km
  • Acropolis Museum19 min walk1.6 km
  • The Ancient Agora22 min walk1.8 km
  • Temple of Hephaestus22 min walk1.8 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

View from Lycabettus Hill over the whole of Athens at dusk, the Acropolis lit below
Lycabettus at sunset
Evzone guards in traditional uniform performing the slow ceremonial changing of the guard
The Evzones at Syntagma
  • 11.Lycabettus at sunsetThe other hill — higher than the Acropolis, with the whole city and the sea laid out to the horizon. Walk up through the pines or take the funicular; either way, be there when the light goes orange.
  • 13.The Evzones at SyntagmaThe changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier — pom-pom shoes, slow-motion high kicks, completely serious and utterly hypnotic. On the hour, every hour; the full ceremonial version is Sunday 11am.

When are you staying?

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Booking.com & Airbnb open searched to Kolonaki; flights via Google Flights.