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Da Capo

Classic café·Kolonaki·€€

Kolonaki people-watching

About Da Capo

The classic Kolonaki Square café, where locals have met over freddo espresso for decades. Grab an outside table, order a coffee and a club sandwich, and watch the smart neighbourhood go by between shopping on Skoufa and Tsakalof. Kolonaki is Athens’s most elegant neighbourhood, on the slopes of Lycabettus Hill, with designer boutiques, galleries and smart cafés around Kolonaki Square, and the Benaki Museum and the Museum of Cycladic Art close by. Greek coffee culture is unhurried: order a freddo espresso or freddo cappuccino, the iced coffees Athenians drink almost all year, and linger as long as you like.

Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Da Capo before you go.

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