At the most cosmopolitan destination of the southern suburbs, it’s always summer! Glyfada, the famous seaside suburb is synonym to sun, sea, shopping and great nightlife! The well-maintained coastline which passes next to Posidonos avenue and could easily be considered as the Athenian Riviera, the luxurious residences, commercial stores, expensive sport cars, bars and clubs together with the top music halls form the main features of the largest municipality of the southern suburbs, just 14km away from the center of Athens. The area extends from the Saronikos sea and gets up to the ending of Hymettus Mount, with Vouliagmeni Avenue being the border between Ano and Kato Glyfada. In the ancient times, the region was called Aixone, by the red mullet which was found in abundance. The term “Glyfada” came up in the modern times and more specifically in 1920, when the first well drilling took place for covering water supply needs. It was proved that the water of the well was brackish (=glyfo in Greek), that is why the area was named Glyfada. In the beginnings of the 20th century, the entire seaside area was full of pines and totally desolate but gradually, with the population increase of Athens as well as the summer visitors in Faliro, the first summer camps started operating here and the residential area changed shape. The great progress began in the 60s with the installation of the international airport in Elliniko and the construction of public works at the coast avenue which changed completely the looks of Glyfada. It was then when small yacht marinas, snack bars and plenty of night music halls were created, fact which is connected to the proximity of the American base in Elliniko along with the prestigious Golf club of Glyfada covering over 400 acres. Glyfada keeps the glamour and glow till today, with dozens of choices for shopping, coffee, food and drink, fairly being one of the hottest destinations in the south.