Downtown Athens is famous for its vivid lifestyle. All visitors may have an excellent stay and experience a lot of pleasant activities. Apart from getting to know the culture, the idyllic countryside and the Greek gastronomy, visitors should introduce themselves to the tingling Greek life style.
Whether you start with dinner and then hit the clubs, or begin with a couple of drinks and then make your way to one of the many bouzoukia (clubs specializing in Greek music featuring the bouzouki instrument), the city is sure to keep you entertained until the early hours.
Almost everywhere visitors choose to go, they will have the opportunity to discover their place of interest and feel warmly welcomed.
At the city center of Athens at Kolonaki, Psyrri and Gazi you may have nice walks and find yourself enjoying a cup of coffee or a drink in the numerous cafes, bars and tavernas. Kolonaki is also a shopping area where you may find among others many designers’ boutiques. Most of the cafes and bars are located on Skoufa Str., around Kolonaki Sq. (Filikis Eterias Sq.) and on the streets vertical to Patriarchou Ioakeim Str.
In Vouliagmeni, the home of ALBA, you are close to the sea in the Athens Riviera. You may find a few café/bar – restaurants ideally located close to the sea, as well as casual dining restaurants located in Vouliagmeni.
GREEK CUIZINE
Eating out in Athens is a great pastime and leisurely pleasure, either when dining at a local tavern (called taverna in Greek) or at an elegant restaurant. The Greek cuisine is delightfully uncomplicated and quite different from what's found in restaurants abroad. Much of the cooking relies on simple seasonings and fresh meat and vegetables. For breakfast, Greeks rarely eat more than bakery-fresh tiropitas (flaky cheese-filled pastries).  Greeks eat lunch in late afternoon, generally between 2 and 4 pm, and dinner around 10 or 11 pm. To stave off hunger between meals, they enjoy snacking on souvlaki or tiropitas. It's common for Greeks to make a lunch of mezedes, or appetizers.
Typical dishes include fried meatballs, zuchinni, potato or cheese croquettes, octopus, shrimp, squid, cheese, olives, stuffed vine leaves, small sausages and giant beans. You can find mezedes at an ouzeri (serving ouzo, an anise-flavored liqueur) or at a mezedopolio (serving locally produced wine or beer); both of these types of restaurants are open only during the day.  For the evening meal, Greek tavernas serve such specialties as moussaka (lamb, eggplant and bechamel sauce), kebabs, pastitsio (lamb or goat meat with macaroni and tomatoes), stifado (braised beef with onions) and paidakia (grilled lamb or goat chops).  Bon Appetit!