Glyfada
The cosmopolitan Glyfada
Square, only a 5-minute walk from the hotel is
a shopper's real paradise. A panorama of shops
and services provide an astonishing variety of
choices for the visitor, even the hardest to please.
One can get good value for one's money buying
stylish ready made clothing, designer jewellery
(especially gold and silver), quality furs, fashionable
shoes, original fabrics for home tailoring, 'flokati'
rugs, leather goods, traditional handicrafts,
embroidery, pottery, onyx, marble and alabaster,
antiques, ornaments etc. For those who want to
venture further, other popular shopping districts
in Athens are:
Kolonaki Kolonaki is the first
word that a good shopper should know. Just a stone's
throw from Syntagma Square, Kolonaki has always
been the most fashionable and chic area of Athens,
teeming with boutiques - Gucci, Lanvin, Bulgari,
Lancel, Vuitton - trendy coffee shops and hip
restaurants. Tsakalof Street with jewellery shops,
coin shops, art galleries, antique shops etc.,
is Kolonaki's most famous and is rated among the
six most expensive streets in the world.
Plaka and Monastiraki
Flea Market A collector's paradise
in picturesque old Athens located just under
the ancient Acropolis.
It specializes in