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Athens, edited.

The Athens
Editorial.

A curated selection of the city's most architectural spaces, quiet corners, and considered culinary destinations.

Athens hotels

01 — Hotels

Architectural Sanctuaries.

Sanctuaries of restraint and precision across Athens and the Riviera.

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Athens food

02 — Food

Tables Worth Finding.

Considered restaurants and cafes across the city.

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Athens drinks

03 — Drinks

The Athenian Evening.

Considered bars and the quiet rituals of dusk.

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Athens stories

04 — Stories

Athens, in Long Form.

Editorial long reads on architecture, culture, and place.

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Hotels

Selected Stays.

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Ergon House Ermou — neoclassical facade on Ermou pedestrian street, Athens

Monastiraki

Ergon House Ermou

Eleven rooms around a courtyard at Ermou 98, with Taverna Ermou and an Ergon Originals store on the ground floor. The second Ergon House opened in 2026, occupying a neoclassical building on the pedestrian western stretch of Ermou — between Monastiraki and Thissio.

Year

2026

Keys

11

Monument Hotel — exterior
SANCTUARY

Psyrri

Monument Hotel

9 rooms inside an 1881 Ernst Ziller mansion on Kalamida, restored 2023 by MPlusM. Listed Building and Modern Monument, deep in Psyrri. A wood staircase, frescoed ceilings, a wellness room in the basement.

Year

2023

Keys

9

A room interior at The Modernist hotel in Athens — a modernist design hotel in the city centre

Kolonaki

The Modernist

The former Canadian Embassy on Ioannou Gennadiou, converted to a 38-room boutique hotel in 2020. Mid-century aesthetics, a quiet residential street in upper Kolonaki, the National Gallery and the Gennadius Library within walking distance.

Year

2020

Keys

38

The Journal

Athens, in long form.

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Wildfire in Greece

Culture

Four Eyes in the Sky

Greece has burned enough times to look up. Four satellites are now watching for the next fire — and the engineers running the system work two streets from Syntagma.

7 min read

Athens polykatoikia balconies with orange awnings

Architecture

The Polykatoikia Moment

The concrete apartment block that embarrassed Athens for half a century is now its most interesting design brief.

6 min read

Crowd at Plateia Nerou, Release Athens festival 2026

Culture

The City That Sounds Like This Now

Athens has become the opening night for world tours. Here's why the biggest bands keep choosing it first.

4 min read

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