Athens by night

What mostly visitors love as an entertainment in Athens is its cafes and cafeterias ,thousands of them more even then Paris ,each square each road each pedestrian street every where nice small tables under umbrellas fill with Athenians of any age enjoying there cafe frappe or there Greek coffee or an ouzo ( that applies to the older ones and the tourists) I would like to mention that if you go to a cafeteria in Athens be sure to choose the kind of coffee you want ,if you look at the menu list you will probably get dizzy from the many kinds of coffees who are listed there, be sure to say a filter coffee to the waiter if you want your normal coffee or Nescafe if you want your instant coffee. You can find bars in all central areas, and all the suburbs, (among others, Kifissia, Faliro, Vouliagmeni, Voula, Varkiza).
A night out at place with live bouzouki music is an unforgettable experience. During your visit, you should go to a bouzouki joint, listen to authentic Greek music, sing and dance with the patrons in the joint.There are many bars around Gr. Lambraki street in Glyfada (southern suburbs). 0ther bar and cafe areas are around Exarchia Square and towards Streffi hill (university crowd, but also bars in neoclassical buildings scattered throughout the area), Plaka near the square on Kydathineon street,Thissio (outdoor cafes & bars along lraklidon street), Psyni (restaurants, bars, cafes), the Hilton Hotel (llissia area) and Kifissia in the northern suburbs. Foreigners are mainly in Glyfada, Kifissia, Plaka and llissia areas.Greek bouzoukia can be found in Plaka or at clubs along Syngrou and Possidonos Avenues towards the south coast.

The Athenians like all the Greeks have a deferent rhythm of life unlike the rest of the western Europeans so don't be surprised when you see the shops open until 9 pm and some of the more later pubs cafes restaurants they have unlimited time table most of them they will stay open until the last customer leave the premises. Greeks love to spend the night out in a restaurant or in a Tavern and not only Saturday nights every night of the week especially in the summer the life never ends in Athens in some Areas like Psiri and Kolonaki you can have often traffic jams after 3 o'clock in the morning ,if you ask me why is because those areas are the most "in" places of the Athens nightlife for many Athenians.
Zorbas bouzouki and belly dance the soul of Greece! Almost every second restaurant or tavern has live music from a simple duo guitar and Bouzouki up to a whole orchestra. Greeks love music and there is a big variety of choices , numerous Live clubs that offer mostly a variety program with pop music and Greek .The famous bouzoukia clubs where you can dance on the tables and crash as many plates you want (you have to pay for them anyway) the bouat where you can hear Greek new wave music, the Rembetika with the old Greek folk music of the 30's ,and many rock and blues live clubs .