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Athens, Greece

Cafe Avissinia

Catch raucous live performances of traditional tunes at this old-school taverna.
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Athens, Greece

Ziller-Loverdos Mansion

One of the best collections of Byzantine art housed in a magnificent, 19th-century neoclassical home.
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Athens, Greece

Amalias 42

This building displays the scars of the “Dekemvriana,” a dark time in modern Greek history.
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Athens, Greece

Ariston

The Lobotesis family has been baking some of the best savory pies in Athens since 1910.
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Athens, Greece

Fatsio

Since 1969, this restaurant has served up dishes typical of Istanbul's Greek diaspora.
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Athens, Greece

To Steki Tou Ilia

Tear apart fatty, gently charred lamb chops with your bare hands.
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Greece

Panta Vrechei Canyon

A series of waterfalls create the illusion of perpetual rainfall in this hidden gorge.
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Athens, Greece

Stani

Savor sheep milk yogurt at the last of Athens' dairy bars.
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Athens, Greece

Prosfygika

This once architecturally advanced housing complex is now a haven for squatters that still bears the scars of war.
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Athens, Greece

Archaeological Site inside Monastiraki Metro Station

View the ancient remains of buildings and the ancient "River of Hades" before hopping on a train.
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Athens, Greece

Kafeneio Oraia Ellas

Luminaries of all stripes have sipped strong Greek coffee at this cafe since 1839.
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Athens, Greece

Diporto

With no menu and no sign, this 130-year-old taverna doles out affordable home cooking.
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Athens, Greece

Poulopoulos Hat Factory

This graffitied 19th-century building was a prototype of European industrial architecture.
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Athens, Greece

Korai 4

Scars of this building's past life as a violent prison still cover its walls.
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Chios, Greece

Lovokomeio Leper Colony

An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.
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Kalarrites, Greece

Holy Kipinas Monastery

This 13th-century monastery chiseled into the side of a mountain is equipped with a bridge that can be lifted to protect against raids.
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Athens, Greece

Panathenaic Stadium Passage

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.
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Konitsa, Greece

Konitsa Bridge

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.
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Athens, Greece

Syntagma Square Metro Station

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.
Athens, Greece

Wax Museum of Andreas Syggros

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.
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Pirgi, Greece

Pyrgi

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.
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Athens, Greece

Old Madrasa of Athens

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.
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Mikonos, Greece

Terrace of the Lions

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.
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Sparta, Greece

Mystras

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.
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