Tips For Digital Nomads In Athens

Are you a digital nomad and are you planning to live for a month or more in Athens, Greece? We are sure this city will surprise you day by day and will inspire you to be even more creative on your remote job. Whether you’re searching for relaxing beaches or nice internet cafes, Athens will offer you everything you need to enjoy a digital nomad relaxed way of living!

We chose to slow travel in Europe, in a sunny place, with cheap prices and dreamy islands where the sea is melting with the sky. The result of our equation was Athens. But would we choose it after being there for two months? Probably not. Athens was too chaotic for us and our neighborhood was not the best. If we had the possibility to rewind and make another choice, we would go directly to the islands. 

Why do we think islands are the best option if you want to be digital nomad in Greece? Simple: you will be far away from the chaos and the pollution of the city, you will have even dreamier places and cafes from where you will be able to work, you will have the perfect spaces in the nature to do sport, yoga and meditation every day. Do you need any other reason?

Here’s our favorite guides of Greece and Greek Island. We used them to organize our trips and yeah, they’ve been so useful!

We often think that traveling to the other part of the world can be risky, but we did that jump into the unknown and we can tell you it’s just exciting! We really don’t regret having left Europe and if you are searching the perfect hub for digital nomads, you should really check out Tulum and its crazy energy and atmosphere. We wrote many articles about Tulum, so if you are interested you should really begin from our Tulum travel guide where you will find a bit of everything to discover this beautiful city. Ready to swim in the Caribbean sea?  

Our experience in Athens as digital nomads wasn’t as we were expecting it. We thought that Athens would have been much more beautiful and cozy than it was in the reality. 

The thing that spoiled our vision of Athens was the degradation of the city and the low safety levels in many places. If you go to Athens, you will see that the gap between poor and rich is very small. We recommend you to read this book: it’s basically a guide about Athens which explains what happened to the city in the last years. We found it very important to understand many aspects of Athens.

Accommodation/Hostel – 25 € per night. We were staying in Kypseli, not really in the center of Athens, but still close to it. Our apartment was really beautiful: we had a private office, a garden, a kitchen, a huge bedroom, a living room and a bathroom. If you want to rent it and get $25 off, use our Travala’s link. If you have a lower budget, the best option is to rent a room in the center: that’s the best deal if you are open to live with people.

Food – 15 € at the restaurant/3 € at home. Of course, the best thing to do if you are on a budget is to prepare your own meal at home. But, luckily, in Greece you will be able to eat gyros for 2.50 € and have a tasty dinner outside (if you are vegetarian or vegan we think you can get it only with veggies). If you want to check out our favorite local restaurants in Athens, check out our article.

Transportation – 3-5 € taxi/1.50 € and tram. In Athens is very cheap to move around: you can grab a taxi for few euros and be in few minutes wherever you want. Otherwise the metro and the tram are working very well and you will be able to reach long distances for a small price.