Athens

Student / alternative

Exarchia

7 min · 1.8 km from the centre

The student and anarchist quarter — political murals, record shops, the cheapest good nights out in Athens. Rough-edged and completely itself; not for everyone, loved by the ones it's for.

A look around

What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

Around Exarchia, Athens
1/2

€45–80

typical per night in Greece

low for Greece

Easy on the wallet

Cheapest in AthensPriciest

Among the cheapest areas to sleep in Athens.

What’s around

Real places inside Exarchia— you’d walk to all of these.

  • Γρηγόρης

    sandwich

  • eat & sip

  • Η Στοά Αλλιώς

    greek

  • Βεργίνα

    regional

  • Αχιλλέας

    regional

  • Raraou

  • Αγραφα

    kebab

  • Άμα Λάχει

    greek

  • Μπουγάτσα Σάββας

  • Μπερεκέτι

  • Grillάκι

    souvlaki

  • Τράτα

    greek

Places from OpenStreetMap. A snapshot — check current hours before you go.

Where it sits

The circle is Exarchia and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

Athens International (ATH)~35 min drive19.3 km

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

  • Anafiotika16 min walk1.3 km
  • Temple of Hephaestus19 min walk1.6 km
  • The Ancient Agora20 min walk1.6 km
  • The Acropolis21 min walk1.7 km
  • Hadrian's Arch21 min walk1.8 km
  • Temple of Olympian Zeus23 min walk1.9 km
  • Acropolis Museum24 min walk2.0 km
  • Panathenaic Stadium25 min walk2.1 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

The bronze statue of Zeus or Poseidon poised to throw, in the National Archaeological Museum
National Archaeological Museum
  • 8.National Archaeological MuseumThe gold Mask of Agamemnon, the bronze Zeus mid-throw, the Antikythera mechanism — the greatest collection of Greek antiquity on earth, in a building most visitors never make it to. Give it two unhurried hours.

When are you staying?

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Booking.com & Airbnb open searched to Exarchia; flights via Google Flights.