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Top 24 Places to Shop in Athens: Streets, Stores, Malls & Fast Food
From Ermou Street and the department stores around Syntagma to the designer boutiques of Kolonaki, the sandal makers of Monastiraki and the city's biggest malls and outlets: the best places to shop in Athens.
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Syntagma & the city centre 5
Athens' main shopping street, its biggest department store and the luxury boutiques, all a short walk from Syntagma Square.
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Greece's biggest department store
attica Department Store
Greece's largest department store, a few steps from Syntagma in the Citylink building, with floors of international and Greek fashion, designer labels, beauty, shoes, homeware and a café. Tax-free shopping for non-EU visitors, personal shopping and alterations.
9 Panepistimiou StreetDetails View on map
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Elegant arcade
Citylink & Spyromiliou Arcade
A whole city block of shopping beside Syntagma, built around attica department store and the elegant interwar Spyromiliou Arcade, with boutiques, cafés such as Clemente VIII, restaurants and historic theatres under one roof.
Between Stadiou, Voukourestiou, Panepistimiou & Amerikis StreetsDetails View on map
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The main shopping street
Ermou Street
Athens' busiest shopping street runs downhill from Syntagma Square towards Monastiraki, car-free for most of its length. Zara, H&M, Mango, Massimo Dutti, Sephora, Nike and Greek chains line both sides, with the little Byzantine church of Kapnikarea in the middle of the street. Side streets such as Voulis, Nikis and Perikleous have more shops. Most stores close on Sundays.
Ermou Street, from Syntagma Square to MonastirakiDetails View on map
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Beauty and more
Hondos Center Omonia
The flagship of Greece's best-known beauty and department store chain, on Omonia Square: floors of cosmetics, perfume, skincare and Greek beauty brands such as Korres and Apivita, plus fashion, at prices often lower than elsewhere in Europe.
Omonia SquareDetails View on map
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Luxury row
Voukourestiou Street
The pedestrian street that climbs from Syntagma towards Kolonaki is Athens' luxury row, with international fashion houses such as Louis Vuitton and Hermès, fine jewellers and watchmakers, all within a few minutes' walk of the Hotel Grande Bretagne.
Voukourestiou Street, Syntagma to KolonakiDetails View on map
Neighbourhood shopping streets 5
Designer Kolonaki, souvenirs in Plaka and Monastiraki, and the smart suburbs of Kifisia and Glyfada.
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Plaka souvenirs
Adrianou & Kydathineon Streets
The two main streets of Plaka, lined with souvenir shops, Greek crafts, ceramics, jewellery, natural cosmetics, olive oil and honey, with views of the Acropolis and tavernas for a break. Shops here are usually open on Sundays and late into the evening.
Adrianou Street & Kydathineon StreetDetails View on map
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Riviera shopping
Glyfada: Metaxa & Kyprou Streets
The shopping heart of the Athens Riviera: Metaxa Street for Zara, H&M, Hondos Center and Greek fashion chains, and palm-lined Kyprou Street for designer boutiques and concept stores. See our Glyfada guide for its top 20 shops.
Angelou Metaxa Street & Kyprou StreetDetails View on map
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Leafy and upmarket
Kifisia Shopping
The elegant northern suburb at the end of metro line 1, where the streets around Platanos Square, Kassaveti, Kolokotroni and Levidou, are lined with designer and Greek boutiques, jewellers and smart cafés under old plane trees.
Kassaveti, Kolokotroni & Levidou StreetsDetails View on map
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Designer and Greek labels
Kolonaki Boutique Streets
Around Kolonaki Square, the streets of Skoufa, Tsakalof, Anagnostopoulou, Solonos and Patriarchou Ioakeim are lined with designer boutiques, Greek contemporary fashion labels, jewellery workshops, concept stores and smart pavement cafés for a break between shops.
Skoufa, Tsakalof, Anagnostopoulou & Patriarchou Ioakeim StreetsDetails View on map
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Sandals and souvenirs
Mitropoleos & Pandrosou Streets
Running from Syntagma past the cathedral to Monastiraki Square, Mitropoleos and narrow, pedestrian Pandrosou are packed with handmade leather sandals, jewellery, icons, olive-wood and souvenir shops, leading on to the flea market streets around Ifestou.
Mitropoleos Street & Pandrosou StreetDetails View on map
Shopping malls & outlets 6
The big malls and designer outlets, most of them reachable by metro or free shuttle bus.
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On the metro
Athens Metro Mall
A big mall in the southern suburbs, directly linked to Agios Dimitrios metro station (line 2), with fashion and sports chains, a supermarket, food court and a Village Cinemas multiplex. An easy trip from Syntagma.
276 Vouliagmenis AvenueDetails View on map
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Premium mall
Golden Hall
A premium mall on Kifisias Avenue in Marousi, in the former Olympic broadcast centre, with around 130 shops including designer and premium fashion labels, an attica department store, and smart cafés and restaurants.
37A Kifisias AvenueDetails View on map
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Designer discounts
McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Athens
An open-air designer outlet near the airport with international and Greek brands at reduced prices, from fashion and sportswear to homeware. A free shuttle runs from Doukissis Plakentias metro; handy for a last stop before a flight.
Yalou, SpataDetails View on map
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Next to IKEA
River West
A large mall in western Athens on Kifisou Avenue, next to IKEA, with fashion, homeware and electronics stores, restaurants and free parking for around 2,500 cars, plus a free shuttle bus from Egaleo metro station.
96 Kifisou AvenueDetails View on map
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Open-air shopping park
Smart Park
Greece's largest open-air shopping park, right next to the designer outlet near the airport and linked to it by a plaza, with big-name stores, a cinema, restaurants, a children's play area and plenty of free parking.
E. Poulaki Street, Yalou, SpataDetails View on map
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200+ shops
The Mall Athens
Athens' best-known shopping mall, opened in 2005 beside Neratziotissa metro and suburban rail station (line 1), with more than 200 shops over several floors, from international fashion chains to electronics, plus restaurants and a Village Cinemas multiplex with IMAX.
35 Andrea Papandreou StreetDetails View on map
Fast food & family chains 8
Familiar names for a quick, easy meal: McDonald's, KFC and TGI Fridays in central Athens and Glyfada.
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Fried chicken
KFC Glyfada
KFC in central Glyfada, near the shopping streets: buckets of fried chicken, burgers, wraps and fries to eat in or take to the beach.
Lazaraki StreetDetails View on map
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Open late
KFC Syntagma
KFC on Mitropoleos Street, a few steps from Syntagma Square: fried chicken buckets, burgers, wings and fries. Open daily from 11am until 2am, and until 4am on Friday and Saturday nights.
3 Mitropoleos StreetDetails View on map
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Near the Acropolis Museum
McDonald's Acropolis
A handy McDonald's a short walk from the Acropolis Museum and the Akropoli metro station, useful for a quick bite or breakfast before climbing the Acropolis.
1 Makri StreetDetails View on map
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On the coast road
McDonald's Glyfada
McDonald's on the seafront Poseidonos Avenue in Glyfada, for a quick meal between the beach and the shops.
Poseidonos AvenueDetails View on map
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Greece's first McDonald's
McDonald's Syntagma
Greece's very first McDonald's, opened on Syntagma Square in 1991 at the top of Ermou Street: burgers, fries, McCafé coffee and the Greek menu specials, with a view over the square.
2 Ermou Street, Syntagma SquareDetails View on map
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American diner
TGI Fridays Glyfada
TGI Fridays in the heart of Glyfada: burgers, ribs, sizzling fajitas, sharing platters and cocktails in a lively, family-friendly setting near the shops.
43 Lazaraki StreetDetails View on map
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American diner
TGI Fridays Kolonaki
The American casual-dining favourite in Kolonaki, near Syntagma: burgers, ribs, loaded fries, big salads and cocktails, popular with families and groups. There's another branch on Kifisias Avenue in Ampelokipi.
2 Neofytou Vamva StreetDetails View on map
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American diner
TGI Fridays Plaka
TGI Fridays in the old town, on Kapnikareas Street by the little Byzantine church of Kapnikarea, just off Ermou Street between Plaka, Monastiraki and Syntagma: burgers, ribs, fajitas, sharing platters and cocktails, handy after a day's sightseeing.
3 Kapnikareas StreetDetails View on map
Most shops in central Athens open Monday to Saturday and close on Sundays, except in Plaka and Monastiraki. Some shops close early on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. Non-EU visitors can claim tax-free shopping at many larger stores.