Complete guide to Lycabettus Hill from Ioulianou 50: metro to Evangelismos, the funicular with prices, walking up or taking the famous steps, the café with the view, St George chapel and the historic theatre.
Read articlePlaka in Athens: a 3-hour walk with a map from Monastiraki to the Lysicrates Monument, Byzantine churches, Anafiotika, the Roman Agora, where to eat without falling into a trap, and the metro from Ioulianou.
Read articleAthens Riviera: a map of the stops along the coast, from Flisvos and Edem to Glyfada, Voula, Lake Vouliagmeni and Varkiza, with beaches, sunset at Sounion and the metro to Elliniko from Ioulianou.
Read articlePetralona in Athens: a walk with a map from Akropoli station to Agios Dimitrios Loumbardiaris and the Philopappos Monument, then down into Ano Petralona for tavernas, ending at Petralona station, with Line 1 straight back to Ioulianou.
Read articleExarchia in Athens: a walk with a map that starts at Ioulianou 50 and passes Pedion tou Areos, Strefi Hill, Kallidromiou Street, the square and the Polytechnic, plus bookshops, cafés, food and what to know.
Read articleAnafiotika in Plaka: a walk with a map from Monastiraki to the Tower of the Winds, Agios Nikolaos Rangavas, Agios Georgios tou Vrachou and the white lanes up to Agios Symeon and Theorias Street, with the story of the builders from Anafi and the metro from Ioulianou.
Read articleKypseli in Athens: a loop walk with a map from Ioulianou 50 to Agios Georgios Square, the Fokionos Negri pedestrian street, the Municipal Market and Kypseli Square, with coffee, food from all over the world and interwar apartment buildings.
Read articleMonastiraki in Athens: a walk with a map from the square and Pantanassa to the Tzistarakis Mosque, the Ifestou flea market, Avyssinias Square and the Central Market, food, pickpockets and the metro from Ioulianou.
Read articlePangrati in Athens: a walk with a map from Evangelismos station to Proskopon, Varnava and Plastira squares, the Goulandris Foundation and the Kallimarmaro, cafés, food, the Friday street market and the metro from Ioulianou.
Read articleKoukaki in Athens: a walk with a map from Syngrou-Fix to EMST, the square, Drakou Street, the Lalaounis Museum and the Acropolis Museum, coffee, food, where to stay and the metro from Ioulianou.
Read articleKolonaki in Athens: a walk with a map from Evangelismos to the Byzantine, Cycladic Art and Benaki museums, the square, Tsakalof Street, Dexameni and the Lycabettus funicular, coffee, shopping and the metro from Ioulianou.
Read articleThiseio in Athens: a walk with a map from the station along Apostolou Pavlou to Agia Marina, the Observatory, the Pnyx, Loumbardiaris and Philopappos Hill, sunset, an open-air cinema and the metro from Ioulianou.
Read articleGazi and Kerameikos in Athens: a walk with a map from Kerameikos station to Technopolis, the Industrial Gas Museum, the bars of Persefonis Street and ancient Kerameikos, nightlife, the LGBTQ+ scene and the metro from Ioulianou.
Read articlePsyrri in Athens: a walk with a map from Iroon Square to Agioi Anargyroi, the graffiti alleys and the Museum of Islamic Art, meze tavernas, rebetiko, the old koutsavakides and the metro from Ioulianou.
Read articleMets in Athens: a walk with a map from the Kallimarmaro to the steps of Trivonianou Street, Markou Mousourou Street and the First Cemetery with Chalepas’s Sleeping Girl, ending at Akropoli station, with food, coffee and the metro from Ioulianou.
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