Bars

Contents Brettos BlackDuck The James Joyce Aegli Garden Piraeus Nautical Club Public Café

Brettos Kidathineon Street 41, 10558 Athens, Greece www.brettosplaka.com  Transit: Monastiraki At the heart of Plaka, Brettos Bar offers to the visitor a delightful decoration with hundreds of colorful liqueur bottles all around its walls. At the bar you have the choice between more than 40 flavors of liqueurs, 7 star brandy, ouzo and wine. Brettos bar is a quite popular among tourists, since it is recommended in most of the guides and is mentioned in many articles. From Monastiraki metro station Brettos bar is a 13 minute walk across souvenirs shops and restaurants [ see map ]. It is also very close to Syntagma Square. See also: Brettos 360 panoramic view.

BlackDuck Christou Lada 9, Athina, Greece http://blackduck.gr/  Transit: Syntagma At the heart of Athens, the BlackDuck attracts the curious passing by. Indeed, this multi-level space regroups a coffee shop and a small bar on the first floor, a restaurant on the first floor and an art gallery in the basement. The place has a distinctly relaxed vibe with music not too loud. The crowd is mainly made up of locals of all ages from the middle and higher class. Upstairs the restaurant offers a menu of selected dishes with grilled chicken and steak, pasta, risotto, salads and sandwiches. Some of the appetizers are suitable to be degusted at the bar or the coffee shop. Live music events are common and announced regularly on the Black duck web site.

The James Joyce - Irish Pub Astiggos 12, Athina, Greece www.jjoyceirishpubathens.com  Transit: Thisio Entering the James Joyce pub you'll forget for a moment that you are in Athens. With native English speaking staff and a great choice of draught beers this place has everything to remind you of an Irish pub. It is located near Thisio Metro station at Astiggos 12 Street, Thisio.

Aegli Garden Kipos Zappiou, 10557, Athens, Greece www.aeglizappiou.gr Directions: from Vas. Olgas Avenue or Syntagma  Transit: Syntagma Summer only entertainment bar The Aegli Garden is an open air bar lounge in the center of Athens within the Zappeio Garden. It is the ideal place for a calm summer outdoor drink or cocktail after dinner. The bar attracts generally the high society of Athens. Parking is free and accessed from Vas. Olgas Avenue. The bar opens every day from 21:00.

Piraeus Nautical Club www.iop.gr Piraeus Sailing Club, Pireas 185 33, Greece This bar is located in Piraeus, in a marina known in Greek as 'Pasha Limani'. It is part of the Piraeus Nautical Club which includes a restaurant, a conference center, and the infrastructure to support the club sailing activities. The bar is on a jetty structure well elevated from the sea level, offering a beautiful view on the marina with its sailing boats from one side. On the other side you have a view on the open sea, and the area of 'Palio Faliro' to 'Glifada' in the background. The bar is very trendy, it is generally full on weekends from the morning till late night.

Public Café www.public.gr/public-cafe Karagiorgi Servias 1, 10563, Athens, Greece This is a Café bar with an exceptional view over the Syntagma Square. From the rooftop café at the 5th floor of the Public electronic store, you’ll be able to observe the busy streets of Athens center, the King George five star hotel, and the house of Parliament with Imitos mountain in the background. The atmosphere is relaxing; this is a meeting point for young people, some of the clients read the books they just bought from the bookstore the floor bellow, others are just visitors. The café works also serves launch. The menu is limited to some dishes; it is good but not exceptional.