"Time Out" Athens

Basking in acclaim following the success of the 2004 Olympics, Athens has proved itself a thoroughly 21st-century city. Mindful of the immensity of its past but determined not to become a heritage theme park, the city continues to change. A new metro system, revamped museums, regenerated residential areas and newly vibrant bars, nightlife and arts scenes sit alongside a new sense of determination. A cosmopolitan Athens is emerging, an International city that nevertheless retains a strong sense of its unique identity. Written and researched by Athens residents, Time Out Athens takes you around western civilisation's most influential monuments, to beautiful beaches within easy reach of town, to restaurants and cafes - from trad tavernas to modish haunts, and beyond the city to some of Greece's other natural and man-made glories.