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Walks in Kolonaki.
2 editor-picked walks through Kolonaki. Each one has been walked — stops, distances, and a paragraph on what to notice.
Walks in Kolonaki
Kolonaki: the smart quarter on the slopes
Designer streets, the Benaki, and the café tables of Plateia Kolonakiou under Lycabettus.
The Museum Mile: Vasilissis Sofias
Four museums, a line of embassy mansions, and the grandest avenue in modern Athens.
Nearby
Other walks close to Kolonaki.
Sorted by distance from the start of kolonaki: the smart quarter on the slopes. Good for stitching together a longer day.
Panepistimiou: the neoclassical spine
The Athenian Trilogy — Academy, University, Library — and the great boulevard's arcades and squares.
Syntagma, the National Garden and the Zappeion
The kilted guards at the Tomb, a shaded royal garden, a marble hall, and the ancient stadium beyond.
The Panathenaic Stadium and Mets: marble and the quiet streets
The all-marble Kallimarmaro, Ardittos Hill, and the neoclassical calm of Mets above it.
Lycabettus Hill: the climb to the whole city
Up Lykavittos by foot or funicular to the white chapel, the all-Athens view, and pine paths down.