Roof gardens continue to be in vogue around the world, and Athens isn’t any different. When in the Greek capital, the most coveted vistas are ones with a view of the Acropolis or the sea, and in the best of circumstances, both!

“Point a” – an eclectic restaurant, bar and cafe atop the Herodion Hotel — offers a stunning view of the south side of the Acropolis and the Parthenon, the side where besieging Venetians lobbed a mortar shell against an Ottoman garrison atop the hill only to hit a a gunpowder cache that severely damaged the Temple.

The hotel is found on 4, Rovertou Galli St, a stone’s throw from the Acropolis.