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Not Your Classical Greece: 8 Spots to Experience Modern Athens

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Athenaeum InterContinental
$$ | Neos Kosmos
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Athens Hilton
$$$ | Ilisia
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Electra Metropolis
$$$
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Electra Palace
$$ | Plaka
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$$$
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King George Athens
$$$ | Syntagma
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Papadakis
$$$$ | Kolonaki
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$$$ | Syntagma
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