Itinerary
Six stops, one evening, walkable. The night you'd take a friend on a Friday in Athens.
17:30 — Aperitif · City centre · $$$ · Cocktail Bars
360 Cocktail Bar sits on top of a Monastiraki building and delivers the most reliably packed Acropolis-view rooftop in Athens. The cocktail program is broad and Start polished. Order something stirred and bracing — a martini, a manhattan, or whatever the bar's house spec is. You're warming up the palate, not chasing trends.
19:00 — Cocktails · Monastiraki · $$$ · Rooftop Bars
360 Cocktail Bar draws a steady local crowd in Monastiraki. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Now move into the city's cocktail-bar heart. Order off-menu if you can; if the bartender has a single-drink-special-of-the-week, that's the one.
20:30 — Wine break · City centre · $$$ · Cocktail Bars
42 Bar opened in 2014 and has built itself into the Athens cocktail bar most committed to the classical canon. The room is small, low-lit, and built around a po Hit a wine bar before the second cocktail run. Two glasses, a small plate, a reset. Keep your conversation in here — the rooms after midnight aren't for talking.
22:00 — The destination cocktail · City centre · $$$ · Cocktail Bars
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 This is the room you booked for. Lights are lower, prices higher, drinks are tightly built. Stay an hour, no longer.
23:30 — Late-night listening · City centre · $$$ · Cocktail Bars
Baba Au Rum has been routinely placed in the World s 50 Best Bars list since 2015 and remains the most internationally respected cocktail bar in Greece. The roo Move to a music room. Jazz, soul, or a DJ at modest volume. You want a soundtrack, not a club.
01:00 — Last drink · Ampelokipoi · $$$$ · Cocktail Bars
Balthazar draws a steady local crowd in Ampelokipoi. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. End on something simple. A clean martini, a Negroni, a whisky and water. Tip your bartender. Walk home or take a quiet cab.
The order matters. We start polished, peak in the middle, end somewhere quieter than we started. You can swap any room for a closer alternative — every bar listed has at least two backups within a five-minute walk.
Total time: about seven hours. Total spend: depends on you, but plan £80-£150 per person across the night. Save this page, send it to whoever you're meeting, and treat the timings as guidance, not gospel.
Each stop links to the full bar page if you want to dig deeper. Treat timings as guidance — adjust to your pace.