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The Ami Bar roof terrace at sunset, sofas and tables above the rooftops

The bar counter, cocktails and wine bottles with the Acropolis through the opening

Breakfast on the terrace, eggs, croissant and coffee with the Acropolis beyond

The hotel building on a quiet Neos Kosmos street, balconies full of plants

The panorama from the roof: the Acropolis, the Temple of Olympian Zeus and Mount Lycabettus

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Acropolis Ami Bar

A small hotel roof in Neos Kosmos where the Parthenon does all the decorating.

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What it is like What to do Eat and drink Good to know Nearby places

Why go

No design, no scene: just a small, friendly roof and the best possible view hung on it. The bar sits on the sixth floor of a small boutique hotel in Neos Kosmos, the quiet residential quarter just south of the Acropolis. Looking north across a sea of rooftops, the Parthenon fills the middle distance.

A hotel roof, sixth floor

Faces

The Parthenon, due north

Serves

Cocktails, wine, Greek dishes

Best time

Sunset into dark

What it is like

A roof garden, not a grand terrace

Simple tables, lounge chairs and a low key, friendly feel. On a clear day the sweep runs from the Temple of Olympian Zeus across to Mount Lycabettus, with the Acropolis in the middle of it.

Come morning the terrace is bright and calm, and by evening the rock turns gold and then lights up after dark. The streets below are quieter and more local than Plaka, which is part of the charm.

What to do

Arrive while it is still light

Settle at a table by the railing and watch the color change on the Parthenon as the sun drops, then stay on as the city lights come up and the Acropolis is floodlit.

Or start a day up here

In the warmer months breakfast is served on the roof, a buffet eaten outside with the Acropolis in front of you. Many guests rate it as the best seat of their stay.

Drinks, or a full meal

This is a wine and cocktail bar with a kitchen attached, so an evening can be drinks only or a relaxed Greek and Mediterranean dinner at the rooftop tables, the kind of cooking that suits a long sunset rather than a formal dinner.

It pairs naturally with the Acropolis and the Acropolis Museum, both a short walk north, and with an evening wander on into Koukaki and Plaka.

Eat and drink

Well made and unhurried

Expect well made cocktails and Greek wines by the glass and bottle. Nothing here is rushed: the terrace is built for settling in while the light changes.

Good to know

Finding it
10 Iras Street, Athens 117 43, reached through the hotel itself. The nearest metro is Syngrou Fix, a few minutes on foot.
Check before a special trip
Because it is a small hotel roof rather than a standalone bar, opening can follow the hotel and the season, and guests have occasionally found it shut when they expected it open. Check with the hotel on the day.
On foot
The walk to the Acropolis Museum takes about ten to fifteen minutes.
The quarter
Neos Kosmos is residential and local. The walk up is quiet streets, not sights, and that is the point.

Nearby and linked places

The Acropolis of Athens from the west, the Parthenon on the summit above the city

Acropolis of Athens
Sight · The summitThe flat topped rock at the centre of Athens, crowned by the Parthenon and 2,500 years of building in pale marble.

The Acropolis Museum exterior, glass and concrete on pillars

Acropolis Museum
Museum · Makriyanni, below the south slopeThe Parthenon’s own sculptures at eye level, in the same light, 300 meters from the temple they came from.

The Odeon of Herodes Atticus from above, its marble seating bowl open to the sky with Athens beyond

Herod Atticus Odeon
Sight · South slope of the AcropolisA marble theatre from the age of Roman Athens, carved into the foot of the Acropolis and still filled with music on summer nights.

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