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Greece

A country where the best table is rarely the one with the view.

The islands get the postcards. Athens gets underrated in between — a city with better food than its reputation, mostly served in neighbourhoods no cruise ship stops in.

Places in Greece

City

Athens

A city that puts the Acropolis in your peripheral vision and gets on with dinner.

Region

Chios

A mastic-farming island the ferries mostly skip on the way to somewhere louder.

Logged in Greece

Historic estate hotel4.8(278)

Argentikon Luxury Suites

Kampos, Greece

A 16th-century walled estate in Chios's Kampos district, restored rather than rebuilt, with a stone-and-citrus patio to match.

Tavern4.3(3,152)

Diporto

Athens, Greece

An unmarked basement taverna under Athens's Central Market, feeding traders and locals since 1887.

Meze restaurant4.6(4,606)

Mavro Provato

Athens, Greece

A Pangrati taverna serving Greek classics with unusual precision, and service locals still talk about.

Stone guesthouse5.0(99)

Voltes Residences

Mesta, Greece

A restored stone house inside Mesta's medieval walls, run by a host reviewers name by name.