Southern Athens is a district of the city of Athens.
To know
The southern districts of Athens are those on the sea. Many of them are residential areas with several beaches and lidos. This area of Athens is full of night clubs and discos frequented mainly in summer.
Geographical notes
The urban center extends from the mountainous area of Imetto down to the shores of the Saronic Gulf in a fascinating landscape view.
Background
The town hall of Glyfada it began to populate in the 1920s with the influx of Greek refugees from Thrace and Asia Minor. From 1960 onwards, Glyfada became a mecca of entertainment thanks above all to the installation of an American base in its vicinity. Today the US soldiers are no longer there and even the western tourists have decreased slightly in number but they have both been replaced by wealthy visitors from Eastern Europe so that the place has been able to develop further, beyond the limits of saturation.
How to orient yourself
Southern Athens: full screen map.Neighborhoods
Below is a list of the districts that make up the southern district. In brackets the identification number of the district on the map:
With its luxurious shops, fine restaurants and exclusive clubs, Glyfada (Γλυφάδα) is considered the hub of Athenian worldly life to the point of being nicknamed the Greek Beverly Hills.
It is also a very elegant suburb where prominent exponents of Greek finance and politics reside. The Vouliagmeni avenue divides the town hall into two parts: "Terpsithea" (Τερψιθέα) on the slopes of Mount Imetto, quiet, with many villas and "Kato Glifada", the waterfront district where hotels and restaurants are located but crowded in summer. beyond belief.
How to get
There center of Athens you can easily get there by metro arriving at the terminus of the line 
at the station Elleniko.
The trams 
is 
they are the best way to reach these neighborhoods efficiently.
How to get around
What see
- 1 Olympias, Palaio Faliro. Modern reconstruction of an ancient Athenian trireme.
- 2 Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (Κέντρο Πολιτισμού Ίδρυμα Σταύρος Νιάρχος, Kéntro Politismoú Ídryma Stávros Niárchos), Andrea Siggrou 364. The center is housed in a building designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano commissioned by the Stavros Niarchos foundation. It was completed in 2016 at a cost of € 566 million. The following year the foundation donated the complex to the Greek state which assigned it to the national library. During his visit to Athens on 15–16 November 2016, the president of the United States, Barack Obama gave a speech there that focused on today's concept of democracy.
- 3 Hellenic world (Piraeus), ☎ 30 21 2254 0000.
Tue-Sun 09: 00-13: 30.
Tue-Sun 09: 00-13: 30.What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
- 1 Faliro Arena. The arena is part of the sports complex built for the 2004 Olympics on the coastal arc from Paleo Faliro to Piraeus, and hosted basketball and taekwondo competitions. After the end of the Olympics, the arena hosted musical competitions and concerts by DJ Tiesto during his Kaleidoscope World Tour. It is open for events of the most varied kind, from figure skating competitions to video game competitions organized by the American company. w: Riot Games. The arena has a capacity of 8,536 seats.
- 2 Akrotiri, Elliniko Argyroupoli, Elliniko 166 77 (Close to the old Elliniko airport), ☎ 30 21 0985 9147. 22:00-04:00. A famous restaurant with stunning sea views that on summer Sundays turns into a very lively nightclub where international artists often perform with hip hop / r & b parties. It is a classic of Athenian summer nights.
- 3 Babae (Former Balux), Leof. Posidonos 88, Glyfada 166 75, ☎ 30 210 8941620. A nightclub by the sea where famous local singers perform some days.
- 4 Vinilio Club, Posidonos 33, ☎ 30 21 0968 1056. Fri-Sat 11 pm-5am. Disco inside the Emmantina hotel, very popular thanks to the evenings animated by famous DJs.
- 5 Mao Summer (Mansion Group), Diadochou Pavlou 20, Glyfada 166 75, ☎ 30 21 0894 4048. An open-air disco with swimming pool and restaurant service. Frequented mainly by young people. Pool parties are organized on Sundays.
Where to eat
Moderate prices
- 1 Beach, Leof. Posidonos 63, Paleo Faliro, ☎ 30 21 0982 5794. Waterfront bar.
Where stay
Attention in the choice of the hotel because in Glyfada as in the center of Athens (Omonia) there are accommodation establishments that also function as hotels by the hour. This would not be bad but sometimes these amorous encounters actually mask drug consignments exchanges. The police know this and occasionally raid you.
Average prices
- 1 Brasil Suites Hotel Athens, Via Eleftherias nº 4, ☎ 30 210 8942124-6, fax: 30 210 8942886.
160€. Hotel with apartments of cat "A" - 2 Emmantina Hotel, Possidonos promenade nº 33, ☎ 30 210 8980683, ☎800 11 89800, fax: 30 210 8948110, @[email protected]. 57€. Hotel of cat "A".
160€. Hotel with apartments of cat "A"How to keep in touch
Other projects
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