PLACES TO SEE:

• Plaka – the old neighborhood of Athens with its narrow street, neoclassical building, shops and restaurants
• Syntagma Square and Parliament Building with the changing of the guards
• Monastiraki Square and Flea Market - Streets lined with small touristy shops.  Sundays before 11 is best time to visit.
• Lycabettus Hill – beautiful walk (or funicular ride) up the hill. Enjoy panoramic views of the city from the café or restaurant.
• Metro stations - each stations is a mini archeological museum because when they built the new lines for the metro they dug up lot of ancient artifacts and decided to display them in the area they were found.
• Therino (Summer/Outdoor) Cinemas - for something “every day” but with a twist. Enjoy a blockbuster hit or old classic at either the Cine Thessio, in its quiet and cool garden, or the Cine Paris in Plaka, on the roof with an amazing view of the Acropolis (open May-September)
• Dionysos Areopagitou and Apostolou Pavlou – the pedestrian streets encircling the Acropolis, best atmosphere in the late afternoon or early evening when the locals take their “volta”
• Marina Flisvos and Flisvos Park – great for an afternoon or evening stroll, wander along the water and among the boats and yachts or sit and enjoy a coffee/drink/meal at any of the wonderful bars and restaurants. Easily reached by the Tram (towards SEF), the E22 or B2 bus (from Syntagma) or the 550 bus from Pinakothiki (ΠΙΝΑΚΟΘΗΚΗ).
• Gazi - The city’s new hot spot for restaurants, cafés, gay bars, clubs, music venues, and art.  Gazi is buzzing with people at all hours of the day/night with both tourists and locals. (Keramikos Metro station)

MUSEUMS:

• The Benaki Museum (closed Monday and Tuesday) in Kolonaki which offers a great overview of the different eras in Greek History. They also have an annex building on Pireos Street that showcases excellent exhibitions of contemporary art.
• Museum of Cycladic Art (closed Tuesdays) focuses on the unique marble figures discovered in ancient Cycladic island tombs
• National Archeological Museum home to the largest collections of ancient artifacts in Greece
• Byzantine and Christian Museum (closed Mondays) religious artifacts of the Early Christian, Byzantine, Medieval, post-Byzantine and later periods
• Jewish Museum of Greece (closed Saturday)
• Numismatic Museum (closed Monday) located in a beautiful, ornate building from the 1880s and home to objects and coins dating from the 14th century BC to present