Family Travel: Ice skating … in Athens?

Anyone who has traveled to a place like Greece with children knows that after awhile visiting archaeological site after archaeological site can sometimes get to be a bit too much for the kids. In the summer months the beach offers an easy escape from rock overload, but what’s a parent to do with the kids in Athens in the winter?

Take them ice skating!

It might come as a surprise, but Athens has several ice rinks:

Copa Copana

A water park in the summer, when the temps start to fall Copa Copana becomes Athens biggest winter playground, offering a wide variety of family friendly activities. The ice rink is open from mid November until March.

 Operating hours: Weekly 15:00-23:00 and on Weekends: 11:00 – 23:00

Kosmopolis

Odeon Kosmopolis, one of the most popular entertainment multiplexes in the northern suburbs offers 27,000 square meters of cinemas, shops, restaurants and cafeterias, in addition to their ice skating rink. The rink is open from mid November until March.

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