Glyfada | Athens Riviera

#djimavicpro​ #aerial​ #glyfada​ Filmed and edited by: Zisimos Zizos Licensed Drone Operator Glyfada Neighbourhood Guide Home turf to millionaires and popstars, this most commercial of beachy suburbs lies 16km from the Acropolis. Often compared to Beverly Hills, there are luxe, leafy pockets where you could indeed be on Rodeo Drive: jazzy Kyprou and Laodikis Streets with their upscale boutiques, imported palm trees and style-conscious pavement cafes. But Glyfada is a game of two halves. Glam and grit presently exist side by side in this recession-hit postcode, especially in the former social HQ of Zisimopoulou Street, where a slew of boarded-up cafes and restaurants at the lower end evoke less salubrious parts of downtown. Glyfada’s main retail artery of Metaxa Street runs from Agiou Konstantinou cathedral, opposite the Glyfada Nautical Club. It’s a long, open-air shopping mall of international and Greek fashion chains and shoe shops, serviced by frequent tram stops and fast food outlets. In the 1990s, a