Athens
Eleftherios Venizelos International (ATH) is Athens's only commercial airport and operates a single main terminal with extra-Schengen and Schengen wings. The drinking story revolves around Aegean Airlines, the country's flag carrier and a Star Alliance member — the Aegean Lounge in the extra-Schengen wing runs the best Greek wine programme available at any airport on earth, with Assyrtiko from Santorini, Xinomavro from Naoussa, and the local Athenian retsina if you're brave. The lounge also pours proper ouzo (Tsipouro Tirnavou, Plomari) by the glass and a small mastiha programme.
City centre · $$$
360 Cocktail Bar sits on top of a Monastiraki building and delivers the most reliably packed Acropolis-view rooftop in Athens. The cocktail program is broad and
City centre · $$$
42 Bar opened in 2014 and has built itself into the Athens cocktail bar most committed to the classical canon. The room is small, low-lit, and built around a po
City centre · $$$
A for Athens sits on top of the A for Athens Hotel and delivers the most direct Acropolis view in Plaka. The 7th-floor cocktail bar has floor-to-ceiling windows
City centre · $$$
Baba Au Rum has been routinely placed in the World s 50 Best Bars list since 2015 and remains the most internationally respected cocktail bar in Greece. The roo
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