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Greece Travel: New Year in Athens, Greece

February 1, 2018 Ruth Dela Cruz

Greece Travel: New Year in Athens, Greece

I never thought my parents would say okay for me to welcome the new year in another country – actually miles away from my home country. But they said yes (happy dance!). So I flew from Manila to Athens via Scoot with my friend @rodelflordeliz , and we welcomed the new year in Athens.

Read: manila to athens flight via scoot singapore

Celebrating and welcoming the new year in another country is actually in my bucketlist. This made planing our trip a lot more exciting!

When we were planning our itinerary, Rodel researched on the places to celebrate the New Year in Athens. He listed down these places in our worksheeet (yes excel file!): Psirri, Agia Irini, Syntagma Square, or Kotzia Square

While, here are the best restaurants to dine in on New Year’s Eve: Strofi, Dionysos, Kuzina, Hytra. One of the highly suggested roof top bars in Athens is the Galaxy Bar of Hilton Hotel. The bar offers a set menu for the New Year (a bit pricey though).

When we arrived in Athens, we thought it would be nice to book a table in our hotel’s roof top bar instead. Unfortunately, we didn’t get a slot.

We decided to roam around Monasteraki.

We had early dinner at Bairaktaris Taverna. It has been operating since 1879 in Mitropoleos 63 street, offers traditional Greek cuisine.

Eventhough I was feeling cold dining outside, we enjoyed our dinner

This is when Rodel whispered,

“We are in Athens” 🤣🤣🤣

He always has delayed reaction on things. ✌️

Super big servings, we didn’t get to finish it.

We wish our photo would also be displayed in the Bairaktaris Taverna

Good Meal for only 21 euros

We decided to roam around and had coffee in a near-by coffee shop.

I love simple things like this.

We headed to Syntagma Square around 11:30ish. There were so many people waiting for the New Year. My Uber driver said that it is a popular place to be in during New Year’s Eve. We decided to go since it is just walking distance from our hotel.

When the clock struck twelve everyone raised their phones to capture the Fireworks. 🎆 There were only two at that time. We were waiting for what would happen next. I guess, we went to the wrong side of Athens. 😀

Winter Clothes/Jackets can make you look fat! Haha