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items: Best restaurants in Athens: where a local eats in the Greek capital
items: Five Greek island getaways for food lovers
items: 5 lesser known destinations in mainland Greece

Best restaurants in Athens: where a local eats in the Greek capital
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date: 2025-12-04T09:35:02.000Z
creator: Kate Lough
subject: Europe
subject: Travel
subject: Local city guides
description: Discover the tavernas with sun-dappled courtyards, the top bakeries, coolest wine bars and more with our guide to the best places to eat and drink in Athens
encoded: Looking for the best restaurants, bars and café's in Greece's foodie capital? We asked Athens-based Kate Lough for her top recommendations. For more European travel guides, check out our picks of the where to eat in Porto, best restaurants in Tbilisi, Georgia, the best restaurants in Prague or our favourite European city breaks. After falling more and more in love with Athens over the past 18 months, I moved to its Kypseli neighbourhood in January 2025 – the fitting culmination of a childhood spent devouring Greek myths, exploring its sun-drunk islands and studying its ancient language. An undulating city that straddles ancient and modern, Athens fizzes with a creative energy. Its gastronomic scene also ripens from month to month, as homegrown chefs open dynamic restaurants and native wine producers bolster its drinks menus. From old-school classics to contemporary tavernas, here are a handful of my favourites, many of which celebrate homegrown ingredients, methods and vines. Best places to eat and drink in Athens Linou Soumpasis & Sia, Psiri Open since 2022, Linou Soumpasis & Sia is one of the best examples of Athens’ neo-gastronomy. It's a love letter to Greek produce and wines, including some brilliant pet nats, and most of its offerings are made from scratch. An all-white space is perked up with metal tables and chairs and wooden counters (a great option for solo diners), and warmed with skinny beeswax church candles — apt for a former candle shop. Choose from top quality dishes with a pescatarian leaning such as hot wild greens, tuna carpaccio in watermelon oil and grilled John Dory. New for 2025, it now serves breakfast — including a delicious schnitzel bun. Seychelles, Keramikos Located in the up-and-coming neighbourhood of Keramikos, Seychelles is an older favourite on the neo-taverna scene. Always packed, this relaxed spot works just as well for a long lunch with friends as it does perching at the small bar for a late dinner à deux. The menu, inspired by sm…

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Five Greek island getaways for food lovers
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date: 2025-10-20T15:31:47.000Z
creator: Kate Lough
subject: Europe
subject: Travel
subject: Great Getaways
description: Kate Lough shares her edit of the best Greek islands that foodies should bookmark – where to stay, what to do and where to eat
encoded: As well as characterful hotels, sparkling waters for swimming and beautiful Mediterranean light, the Greek islands are a haven for food lovers with everything from traditional tavernas to modern gastronomy, farm-to-table communal feasts and a buzzing viticulture in between. From Tinos to Crete, we round up the best Greek islands to earmark for a summer trip. Best Greek island holidays for food lovers Sifnos Known as the Cycladic island of gastronomy, Sifnos is the birthplace of renowned 20th century Greek chef Nikos Tselementes, whose cookery book is still the home-cooking bible for Greeks. While on the island, you must taste two of its most traditional dishes: revithada, a slow-cooked chickpea soup with onion, garlic and bay leaves; and mastelo, lamb cooked slowly with dill and wine in one of the ceramic pots that Sifnos is synonymous with. In recent years, Sifnos has begun to draw an elegant crowd with its contemporary restaurants, notably Cantina, which perches above the water in the shadow of Kastro, the ancient capital of the island, and its new sister restaurant Pelicanos, a reimagined waterside taverna in Faros. Omega 3 is a trendy but unpretentious seafood bar: order sharing plates of taramasalata and various raw fish dishes and accompany your meal with a bottle of fresh, crisp white (ideally a malagousia). The place to stay is Versina Astra, a sexy boutique hotel just above the idyllic swimming spot of Poulati, which opens a second restaurant in the port of Kamares this June. Where to stay on Sifnos: Doubles at Verina Astra from £349 per night, check availability at booking.com or mrandmrssmith.com Milos On the north-western coast of Milos you will find the charming village of Trypiti where hotelier Nausika Georgiadou has an even more charming house overlooking the curve of Klima. The former economist has spent the last eight years shaping the perfect hideaway, Skinopi Lodge, in the neighbouring village. Set within an olive grove, the fruits of which are bo…

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5 lesser known destinations in mainland Greece
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date: 2025-04-29T15:33:23.000Z
creator: Kate Lough
subject: Europe
subject: Travel
description: We share a handful of our favourite haunts on the Greek mainland, away from the island crowds – from mountainous vineyard villages to the sparkling Athens Riviera
encoded: One of the joys of moving to Athens has been exploring the boundless beauty of mainland Greece. While its beautiful islands – from Corfu to Kastellorizo – steal most of the tourist attention, its magnificent mainland flies somewhat under the radar. Mountainous stone villages, family-run vineyards, ancient coastline and Greece’s second city – laid-back and foodie Thessaloniki – await the traveller who dares to discover. What is more, each one has something to offer in all seasons, whether it is hiking in the Peloponnese in spring, swimming on the Riviera in summer or skiing on Mount Parnassus in winter. Here are just five places to bookmark for your next visit. For more travel inspiration, check out our guide to the best restaurants in Athens and our favourite Greek island getaways for food lovers. 5 lesser known destinations in mainland Greece 1. Athens Riviera, Attica After a city break in Athens, its Riviera is ideal for soaking up some sun and sea without hopping on a ferry to an island. Stretching from Piraeus to Cape Sounio, the Athens Riviera is dotted with low-key swimming spots and laid-back tavernas, as well as some ritzier options — such as the iconic Four Seasons Astir Palace and its much loved Taverna 37. Dive off the rocks into turquoise waters at locals’ spot Limanaki or swim in the shallows at Vouliagmeni beach. Head to Sounio to the simple fish taverna Akrogiali for calamari, octopus and grilled sardines right by the water. You will be sitting in the shadow of the ancient Temple of Poseidon, which you can easily visit afterwards. In the evenings, head to the Ace Hotel for cocktails and dinner at its restaurant, Sebastian. Where to stay: doubles at Ace Hotel from £233 per night, check availability at booking.com or mrandmrssmith.com. 2. Arcadia, Peloponnese Only two and a half hours from Athens, Arcadia in the central Peloponnese is a paradise landscape for those looking to switch off – or get active. The mythical stomping ground of the mischievous go…

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