Cheap doesn't always mean good value, but pick your hotel carefully and you can find bargains, even in ever-popular Plaka.
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Athens is more than a city destination. It has plenty to recommend it for a beach break too! Use our guide to the best beach hotels near Athens and start planning...
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Athens is a wonderful place for a city break in a luxury cocoon. Few cities in the world can match the millennia of human heritage crammed into its compact historic centre...
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The wide green expanse of the Ancient Agora is a lovely, uncrowded contrast with the busy, rocky Acropolis - a place to wander at leisure and wonder at relics of the classical era...
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You'll find some of the best hotels near the National Archaeological Museum in Omonia and Exarchia, within easy walking distance of its doors...
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The Flea Market is one of the oldest and most colourful parts of the city. Use our guide and pick the best hotels close by...
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Visitors will find some the best hotels near the Roman Forum in lively Plaka and around Monastiraki, within a short stroll of its ancient columns...
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To be at the head of the line when the site opens at 08.00, it's easiest to stay nearby, and our gurus have picked some of the best hotels near the Acropolis...
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Hipsters looking for an address that's handily close to all that Athens has to offer will find some of the best places to stay in Athens in newly-trendy Psyrri...
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The Cyclades are the best-loved of Greece's hundreds of isles and our pick of family hotels in the Cyclades vary from luxury beach resorts to cheap and cheerful guesthouses or self-catering cottages or apartments...
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Next to Makrigianni and just a few blocks south of Plaka, in Koukaki you can walk to sights including the Acropolis and its museum and the Temple of Olympian Zeus in a matter of minutes...
Read more >Plaka is Athens in a nutshell. For the first-time visitor to Greece's vibrant capital, it's a paradise for shoppers, café-hoppers and sightseers...
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Strategically located between Psyrri, Metaxourgeio and Exarchia, Omonia is a key hub for metro, tram, rail and bus services heading in all directions...
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Just north of Omonia, gritty Exarchia, around Plateia Exarchion, is a college neigbourhood and home to the National Archaeological Museum...
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Fashionistas and couples looking for a romantic break within easy reach of the sights of Athens but away from city bustle love this upscale neighbourhood...
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Piraeus is more than just just a jumping-off point for the Aegean islands, it has been the seaport of Athens since antiquity and so has its own history and a proudly independent identity...
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Bordering funky Psyrri and functional Omonia and a short metro ride from Syntagma and Plaka, this down-to-earth neighbourhood has become a hip and happening hotspot...
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Located between historic Plaka and up-and-coming Psyrri, Monastiraki is as much a long-standing favourite spot for Athenians as for visitors...
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Kolonaki Square (Plateia Filiki Eterias) feels like a tiny slice of Paris transplanted to the heart of Athens, a classically chic, upscale quarter between Syntagma and Mt Likavitos...
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Grand, busy Syntagma is the beating heart of Athens. On its west side stands the gracious Parliament Building...
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Lasithi's beautiful coastline and plateau are some of the most beautiful, but least touristy parts of Crete.
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