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Affectionate service and a nice homey atmosphere in an old mansion. There is a wide-ranging family-friendly menu: eggs, burgers, pizzas and plenty more. It's on Voula's pleasant little downtown strip, calmer than Glyfada. It's about a 20-minute walk from the last tram stop.


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1. Flisvos Park

7.33 MILES

Take the tram to this highly family-friendly park with loads of playground facilities and a summer puppet theatre, plus an open-air cinema. The coast just…

2. Eugenides Foundation

7.81 MILES

This educational centre devoted to science and technology includes Athens' planetarium, a 950-sq-metre hemispherical dome on which 3D virtual trips to the…

3. National Library of Greece

7.93 MILES

In 2018, the National Library shifted more than 720,000 items from its collection to this stunning new building that is part of the Stavros Niarchos…

5. Stavros Niarchos Park

8 MILES

Athens is short on green spaces, so this vast seaside park is a blessing. Covering a man-made slope that incorporates the roof of the Stavros Niarchos…

6. Koutouki Cave

8.02 MILES

This cave is not particularly large, but the winding path goes past some interesting formations and the whole place is tinged rust-red from iron deposits…

7. Moni Kaisarianis

8.47 MILES

Nestled on the lower slope of Mt Hymettos east of the city, this beautiful 11th-century working monastery is maintained as a well-restored archaeological…

8. Athens' First Cemetery

8.7 MILES

Under Ottoman rule, Greeks buried their dead at their local church. Only after independence in 1821 was this city cemetery established. It's a peaceful…