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Vasilenas
This classic Piraeus tavern has been spruced up and the menu modernised, but the third generation now running the show maintains much of the family tradition and well-deserved reputation for good-value, delicious seafood. You can’t go wrong with the generous set menu (€34) and there’s also à la carte dining (and a few meat dishes) on the shady terrace in summer.
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Piraeus Archaeological Museum
This important museum has stunning antiquities from Piraeus and southern Greece, including finds from a Minoan sanctuary on Kythira. Star attractions are the four colossal bronzes, including a larger than life–sized 520 BC statue of Apollo. A 2nd-century BC theatre has been excavated in the museum grounds.
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Jimmy & the Fish
It’s hard to choose between the lobster spaghetti and other seafood pastas that are house specialities, or the daily catch of fresh fish. One of the more stylish restaurants along Mikrolimano (Small Harbour), Jimmy’s has a great range of entrées, including stuffed calamari, and ouzo and sesame prawns.
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Kollias
It’s worth risking a clash with an Athenian taxi driver to eat fresh fish and seafood on the terrace of Tassos Kollias’ superb taverna in Piraeus’ outer reaches. For tighter budgets, you can get five seafood treats for €15 a head across the road at his mezedhopoleio, Ta Pente Piata.
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Achinos
South along the waterfront from Zea Marina, this stylish multilevel place has a great terrace restaurant overlooking the water, with excellent seafood and Mediterranean-Greek menu. There’s also a bar below and a café at street level.
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Flying Pig Pub
Run by friendly Greek Australians, the Pig is a popular bar with the shipping crowd in central Piraeus. There’s a large range of beers on tap and it also serves decent pub food, including a generous English breakfast.
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Mandragoras
In the heart of the central food market, this superb delicatessen has one of the finest selections of gourmet delights, from cheeses and ready-made mezedhes to spices, olive oils and preserved foods to take home.
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Hellenic Maritime Museum
This expansive museum brings Greece’s maritime history to life, with models of ancient and modern ships, seascapes by some of Greece’s greatest 19th- and 20th-century painters, and guns, flags and maps.
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Plous Podilatou
The year-round sister restaurant of modern Greek cuisine pioneer, Kitrino Podilato in central Athens, offers elegant dining on the picturesque Mikrolimano harbour, with an emphasis on seafood.
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Cellier Zea
Housed in a neoclassical building overlooking Zea Marina, Cellier has a fine wine store on the ground level and a restaurant upstairs, with superb views of the harbour from the roof terrace.
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Municipal Gallery of Piraeus
The gallery’s permanent collection of modern Greek art and sculpture has found a new home in the restored historic former post office, with a special section for artists from Piraeus.
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Istioploikos
This classy bar-restaurant on a moored, restored ship at the western end of Mikrolimano harbour has great panoramic views. The top-deck bar (a café by day) stays lively until late.
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Kitchen Bar
Right on the waterfront, this trendy American-style bar-restaurant is OK for a bite to eat, but it’s really in its element later in the night, when it turns into a lively bar.
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Dourambeis
An enduring seafront taverna in Piraeus, this place is popular for fresh fish, grilled to perfection and served with a simple oil-and-lemon dressing.
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Pisina
This modern bar-restaurant, set around a pool overlooking the yachts on Zea Marina, is a good choice to cool off with a relaxing drink.
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Markets
You can stock up on supplies before a ferry trip, in the area just inland from Akti Poseidonos. The Markets are on Dimosthenous.
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Museum of the Electric Railway
There is a small Museum of the Electric Railway in the metro station.
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