Landmark
Acropolis
The Parthenon and ancient temples on a rocky hill over the city; go early to beat the heat.
8 min drive from the center · 3.8 km · 2.4 mi
Photo: Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Greece
Athens
3 shuls (1 Chabad) · 2 kosher · 317 hotels on our map
Photo: Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AcropolisPlakaJewish Museum of GreeceTemple of Poseidon at SounionNational Archaeological MuseumLycabettus Hill
About
The cradle of Western history, with the Acropolis above the city and island ferries from Piraeus. The Beth Shalom synagogue and Chabad serve visitors, with kosher food available near Syntagma and Psiri.
Good to know: only 3 shuls and 2 kosher places are on our map here so far, and the real number is likely higher. Before you book, check with the local Chabad (search Chabad Athens) and look up kosher on Google Maps.
Shabbos food: e-kosher.gr (Gostijo). What each one offers, how to order and the hechsher to ask about are in Travel Info ›
Best time to goApr–Jun and Sept–Oct; summer is very hot.
Local time
Before you goPlaces come from OpenStreetMap and can change. Call ahead for minyan and Shabbos meals, and check the hechsher yourself.
Top attractions
Things to do in Athens
Museum
Acropolis Museum
A bright modern museum with the original sculptures from the Acropolis.
Διονυσίου Αρεοπαγίτου 15 · 4 min drive from the center · 2.7 km · 1.7 mi
Stroll & shop
Plaka
Old lanes of shops and cafés at the foot of the Acropolis.
5 min drive from the center · 2.4 km · 1.5 mi
Photo: Joanbanjo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Jewish heritage
Jewish Museum of Greece
The story of Greek Jewry, from Romaniote and Sephardic communities to the Holocaust.
3 min drive from the center · 1.8 km · 1.1 mi
Photo: Dafniotis · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Landmark
Temple of Poseidon at Sounion
An hour's drive down the coast: marble columns on a cliff above the sea, best at sunset.
77 min drive from the center · 69 km · 43 mi
Photo: Berthold Werner · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Museum
National Archaeological Museum
Gold masks, bronze statues and treasures of ancient Greece.
28is Oktovriou (Patission) 44 · 4 min drive from the center · 2.1 km · 1.3 mi
Photo: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Wikimedia Commons
Nature & outdoors
Lycabettus Hill
Take the funicular up for the best view over Athens.
5 min drive from the center · 2.2 km · 1.4 mi
Photo: Apaleutos25 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Where to stay
Hotels by walk or drive to minyan
Walking and driving time from each hotel to the nearest shul and kosher food. Tap a hotel for its map, phone numbers and directions.
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Walking times are estimates: straight-line distance × 1.3 at about 80 m a minute. Driving times are road routes without traffic (OpenStreetMap routing); where a route is missing we show “≈”, straight line × 1.4 at city speed. No prices or ratings here; each hotel links to Google Maps reviews and a Booking.com search.
Minyan
Shuls & Chabad
Chabad houses first. Call ahead for minyan times.
6 shuls, Chabad houses and kosher places in this city were added or completed by hand from Chabad, kashrut-agency and community websites (checked November 2026). Each one links to its source.
Not every shul is on the map yet: search synagogues on Google Maps. Denomination is shown only where it is mapped. Something wrong? Report a correction.
Food
Kosher food
Each card names its hechsher and the agency, vaad or Chabad list it comes from. Places marked “Tagged kosher on OpenStreetMap” have no hechsher source yet. We don’t certify anything: always check the hechsher yourself.
Search kosher on Google Maps for places not on our map yet.
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