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Acropolis, the Most Famous Archaeolog- Ical Monument in Europe, Admired by Thousands of People Is Nominated to Be One of the 7 Wonders of Modern World ATHENS THE CITY Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece, Europe’s historical capital and one of the world’s oldest cities, with a record- ed history of over 3,400 years which makes it a landmark of early Western civilization. Athens is the city with the most glorious histo- ry in the world, a city worshipped by gods and people, a magical city. The enchanting capital of Greece has always been a birthplace for civiliza- tion as it is the city where democracy was born. Acropolis, the most famous archaeolog- ical monument in Europe, admired by thousands of people is nominated to be one of the 7 wonders of modern world. Athens is a city of different aspects, holding a distinct urban profile.A walk around the famous historic triangle (Plaka, Thission, Psyri), reveals the coexistence of different eras. Old mansions, Luxu- rious department stores and open markets, fancy restaurants and traditional taverns. Contempo- rary architecture developments can also be found in the city such as the Stavros Niarchos Founda- tion Cultural Centre, housing the National Opera and Park and the new National Library of Greece. ACROPOLIS SYNTAGMA IDEALLY LOCATED IN THE HEART OF ATHENS... LUXURY APARMENTS VIII 4 LEOCHAROUS st OMONOIA AKADIMIA KOLONAKI MONASTIRAKI SYNTAGMA ACROPOLI THE MOST IMPORTANT CULTURE LANDMARKS in walking distance... ACROPOLIS MUSEUM Athens THE MOST IMPORTANT MUSEUMS in walking distance... 1 HERACLEIDON MUSEUM 3 MUSEUMOF THE CITY OFATHENS 9 BYZANTINE MUSEUM 10 ATHENS WAR MUSEUM 6 MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF GREEK COSTUME 2 ACROPOLIS MUSEUM 7 BENAKI MUSEUM ACROPOLIS LUXURY APARMENTS VIII 4 LEOCHAROUS st 5 4 NATIONALHISTORICAL MUSEUM 8 MUSEUM OF CYCLADITIC ART 3 6 4 7 8 1 9 10 2 5 NATIONAL ARCHAIOLOGICALMUSEUM THE MOST IMPORTANT CULTURAL MONUMENTS in walking distance... ACROPOLIS LUXURY APARMENTS VIII 4 LEOCHAROUS st 5 ERECHTHEION 2 ANCIENT AGORA 1 7 2 1 TEMPLE OFHEPHAESTUS 4 7 TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER 5 3 6 8 3 ODEON OF HERODES ATTICUS 8 PANATHENAIC STADIUM 4 PARTHENON 6 TEMPLE OF OLYMPIAN ZEUS THE MOST IMPORTANT GOVERMENT BUILDINGS in walking distance... SYNTAGMA SQUARE Athens THE MOST IMPORTANT GOVERMENT BUILDINGS in walking distance... 6 MAXIMUS MEGARON 5 PARLIAMENT HOUSE ATHENS TOWN HALL 3 NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE 2 OLD PARLIAMENTHOUSE 1 7 MINISTRY OF ECONOMY 1 & DEVELOPMENT 4 3 2 ACROPOLIS LUXURY APARMENTS VIII 7 4 LEOCHAROUSst 5 6 4 ACADEMY OFATHENS BEST SHOPPING EXPERIENCE IN ATHENS in walking distance... VOUKOURESTIOU ST Athens BEST SHOPPING EXPERIENCE IN ATHENS in walking distance... ACROPOLIS LUXURY APARMENTS VIII 4 LEOCHAROUSst attica is the leading fashion destination in Greece, a one-stop-shop for designer brands in Athens. With the flagship store housed in City Link, a historical building near Syntagma Square in the center of Athens, attica offers complete sections of women’s, men’s and children’s fashion wear, footwear, beauty & ac- cessories along with a wide range of excellent, personalized services BEST SHOPPING EXPERIENCE IN ATHENS in walking distance... Athens’ top commercial street with an abundace of choices for shop- ping, starts from Syntagma Square and spreads down to Monastiraki. Ermou is a pedestrian road, where you can find shops selling clothes, shoes and beauty products, depart- ment stores, as well as cafes, ge- laterie, fast-foods etc. At about the middle of this street you with see the church of Panagia Kapnikarea, which is widely known as Kapnikarea. Rated as N o 15 of THE MOST EXPENSIVE STREETS ACROSS THE WORLD ACROPOLIS ERMOU STR LUXURY APARMENTS VIII 4 LEOCHAROUS st BEST SHOPPING EXPERIENCE IN ATHENS in walking distance... ACROPOLIS LUXURY APARMENTS VIII 4 LEOCHAROUS st VOUKOURESTIOU STR The mostGLAMOROUS & CHIC street of Athens BEST SPA & WELLNESS CENTERS in walking distance... G r ande Bretagne Athens BEST SPA & WELLNESS CENTERS in walking distance... Polis 2 Hammam 3 2 Athens WALKING DISTANCE: 550 m 1 4 Hammam Baths 3 Athens WALKING DISTANCE: 800 m AlHammam 4 Traditional 1 G r a n d e Baths Bretagne WALKING DISTANCE: 550 m Athens WALKING DISTANCE: 500m BEST RESTAURANTS in walking distance... TUDOR HALL King George Athens FINEDINING in walking distance... 2 Aleria 2 5 Athens WALKING DISTANCE: 1 km 4 1 Dionysos 3 Athens 3 WALKING DISTANCE: 1 km Z onar’s 4 Athens WALKING DISTANCE: 500m Located on the 7th floor of King George, a Luxury Collection Hotel, the Tudor Hall 1 Restaurant features a unique neo-classical Tudor Hall décor, unrivalled views of the Acropolis, Mod- King George, Athens 5 ern Greek cuisine and signature cocktails. Orizontes WALKING DISTANCE: 500m A key element of differentiation is the use of Lycabettus fresh seasonal vegetables and raw ma- Athens terials; the reason why the restaurant menu is WALKING DISTANCE: 1 km being continuously updated, is the consistency with the seasonal produce. MICHELIN AWARDED RESTAURANTS in walking distance... MICHELIN AWARDED RESTAURANTS in walking distance... ACROPOLIS LUXURY APARMENTS VIII 4 LEOCHAROUS st 1 6 funky gourmet 1 7 oikeio 2 grande bretagne athiri 2 8 roof garden hytra 3 3 9 nolan 10 sushimou kuzina 4 4 8 7 9 10 11 Electra 7 food sins 5 roof garden 11 12 5 mama tierra 6 12 2mazi TRADITIONAL TAVERNS in walking distance... Yiasemi Athens TRADITIONAL TAVERNS in walking distance... 2 Dioskouroi Athens WALKING DISTANCE: 500m 2 1 4 3 3 Diogenis 1 Tavern Yiasemi Athens WALKING DISTANCE: 500m WALKING DISTANCE: 700m Plaka is an old, quiet neighbour- hood, in the city of Athens, which lies on the Earth’s 38th parallel. It is full of picturesque old hous- es, narrow lanes and steps which lead up to the hill, the holy rock of Acropolis. Mnisikleous street, is the name of the central steps, the name of the ancient ar- chitect Mnesikles, who flour- ished about 450 BC. This place is here - half way up - its name is Yiasemi - Jasmin - the name of the sweet smelling flower, whose white blossom shines even at midnight, as if to reflect 4 the shining sea of the Aegean. Elaia Athens “Dear stranger and friend, WALKING DISTANCE: 550m when I only have one egg left in my pantry, it is the yolk I keep for you.” (from an old chinese poem) FIND THE BARS in walking distance... Alexander’s bar Hotel Grande Bretagne Athens FIND THE BARS in walking distance... The Clumsies 2 Athens WALKING DISTANCE: 85m 2 4 3 If a bar’s aim is to be a church to socialising and imbibing, The Clumsies’ holy mission is very 1 much complete. With three floors that draw in the crowds all day, The Clumsies has it all – from cof- fee to homely-but-refined Greek food to leading-edgecocktails. The Clumsies now has a global standing. After debuting at num- ber 22 in 2015’s The World’s 50 Best Bars, the bar has since fea- tured three times in the top 10. Gin Joint 3 Athens WALKING DISTANCE: 200m The beloved 18th century tapestry of Alexander 4 1 Noel the Great is the focal point of the Alexander’s Bar, Alexander’s bar Athens nexttothe Winter Garden Lounge. Withitsclubby Hotel Grande Bretagne,Athens atmosphere you will want to linger over a classic cocktail,a refined brandyoran exquisite cognac. WALKING DISTANCE: 500m WALKING DISTANCE: 160m There are many reasonswhythe famous Alexan- der’s bar in Athens was voted as the Best Hotel BarintheworldbyForbesmagazine,startingwith its undeniably warm and relaxing atmosphere. CENTRAL ATHENS TRANSPORTATION in walking distance... Syntagma Metro Station Athens CENTRAL ATHENSTRANSPORTATION in walking distance... ACROPOLIS LUXURY APARMENTSVIII LINE 1 PIRAEUS - KIFISIA 4 LEOCHAROUS st LINE 2 AG. ANTONIOS - AG. DIMITRIOS LINE 3 EGALEO - AIRPORT PANEPISTIMIO WALKING DISTANCE: 200m MONASTIRAKI WALKING DISTANCE: 200m SYNTAGMA WALKING DISTANCE: 300m CENTRAL ATHENS TRANSPORTATION in walking distance... ACROPOLIS LUXURY APARMENTS VIII 4 LEOCHAROUS st WALKING DISTANCE: 200m WALKING DISTANCE: 200m WALKING DISTANCE: 300m ARCHITECTURE LANDMARKS... On the opposite side of the building, the opera house features two auditoriums. The first, containing 450 seats, will be used for “experimental per- formances”, while the grander 1,400-seat hallwillhosttradition- al operas andballets. At ground level, the opera and the library are organised around a public plaza known as the agora –a ref- erence to the central gathering spaces in Ancient Greek cities. A new age for Athens at the Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center Italian architect Renzo Piano has finished a major new park, library and theatre com- plex in Athens, following one of the largest donations for a cultural building project in history Located in the Kallithea district in the south of the Greek capital, the huge Stavros Niarchos Cultural Centre creates newhomesfortheNationalLibraryofGreeceandtheGreekNationalOpera,tucked beneathanew170,000-square- metreslopingparkandbesidea400-metre-longrectangularlake. Inside the library, huge walls of shelv- ing offer storage for its collection, which includes over 5,000 manuscripts, documents, re- cords and engrav- ings, dating back to the ninth century. VISIT THEMARINAS... MARINA FLOISVOU MARINA ALIMOU MARINA AGIOUKOSMA MARINA ZEAS ACROPOLIS LUXURY APARMENTS VIII LEOCHARES lifestyle apartments 4 LEOCHAROUS st (Pedestrian way) BUILDING DETAILS KEY FEATURES - 7 storeys of residences -Fully furnished apartments (upon - Lobby area request) - Lift - Double glazing - studios - Energy efficient design - apartments - High thermal & acoustic insulation - Private balconies - Wifi & High speed cable Internet - Fully equiped kitchens (Fridge, oven, stove, dishwasher) THE ENTRANCE THE CAFE THE CAFE THE STUDIO A1/ B1/ C1/ D2/ E2 Studio floor plan A1/ B1/ C1/ D2/ E2 Studio studio flat
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