Leisure in Athens - Attractions, Entertainment and Nightlife

Travelers will find widest choice of most unusual attractions in Athens. After resting and spending some very nice time in a nightclub, you can move your feet to the indoor market located on Athens Street. It works around the clock and features widest choice of products. In addition to many truly interesting items you will find cozy taverns, in which you can relax conveniently until dawn. Light and music performances are very popular in Athens. The best place to enjoy them is Pnyx Hill. Shows are conducted daily starting from April 1 and until the end of October. Each show starts at 10:10 pm.

Music lovers should not forget to visit the Palace of Music, which has become a regular venue for various concerts and festivals. Travellers with children must surely visit Adventure Park located in the suburban area of Athens. It works all year round and here visitors will find truly stunning choice of rides and carousels. Allou Fun is the newest entertainment park of the city, so all most exciting rides, slides and a huge Ferris wheel are located in it. Fans of speed should go to Athens Kart, and nature lovers will surely find much interesting in Attica Zoological Park. Those, who cannot imagine a vacation without shopping, will find much interesting in Ermou Street as it’s full of various shops. We also suggest visiting Plaka Shopping Center and Kifissia District, where you will find best shops of designer and most trendy clothes.

We should also devote a part of this text to clubs as they really deserve it. Gyalino Plus is the most popular institution of this kind in the city. Guests of this club can go to one of dance floors, enjoy exotic cocktails in the cozy bar or watch an interesting theatrical performance - the cultural program is always very diverse here. Club Island is a perfect place to go in warmer months of the year. On a daytime this is a cozy cafe, where guests will enjoy interesting salads and appetizers from national cuisine. In the evenings the club attracts fans of contemporary music and partying. Cubanita Havana Club looks like an authentic traditional Latin-American disco. It is decorated with red and black colors, which makes the atmosphere of this club even more unusual and invigorating. The sounds of energetic salsa never stop here and so do the guests of Cubanita Havana club, who are ready to have fun until the very morning.

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