TRAVEL TIPS
3 suggestions for a dining experience in Athens
Dinner In the Sky, a project that is famous around the world, currently makes a stop in Athens. The special platform that has been set up in the extraordinary area of Technopolis at Gazi, “takes off” three times a day and goes up 50 m. from the ground; two times for a five-course dinner and the last one for cocktails, always affording views from the Acropolis and Lycabettus Hill to Salamina and Aegina (
www.dinnerinthesky.gr).
The All Senses Gastronomy happening at “Spiti Neat Eat + Cafe + Bar”, in Glyfada, is of particular interest, as it aims at awakening all five senses through special through special projections, images and sounds, while you taste a sequence of 24 small dishes created by the renowned Michelin-starred chef Ronny Emborg (
www.allsensesgastronomy.gr).
Every Saturday, the suggestive space of the stone-built “El Convento del Arte”, in the hip district of Metaxourghio, hosts the “Megalo Tsirkopoti” – the “big circus feast” –, which enriches the culinary experience with acrobatics, fire shows and other circus stunts, in a performance signed by the known Greek actress Pemy Zounis (
www.elconvento.gr).