Send Flowers to Athens, Greece

The capital of Greece is a city of apartment blocks, and that shapes how flowers arrive. Most Athenians live in a polykatoikia, the classic multi-storey building with a row of doorbells labelled by surname, so the name on the bell and the floor number matter as much as the street. Whether your recipient is in Kolonaki or Pangrati near the centre, in Kypseli, Koukaki or Nea Smyrni, or further out in Marousi and Chalandri where many company offices sit, a local florist prepares the bouquet by hand and brings it to the door.

People abroad send flowers to Athens for name days above all, since many Greeks celebrate the feast of their saint more warmly than their birthday, as well as for births, graduations from the city's universities and get-well wishes to large hospitals such as Evangelismos. Summer here is long and very hot, so florists favour sturdy seasonal stems in July and August, and a note asking the recipient to put them in water quickly is never wasted.

Flower delivery in Athens runs next day, Monday to Saturday: order before midnight Greek time and the arrangement goes out on the following delivery day. There are no deliveries on Sundays or main public holidays, so for a Sunday celebration it is best to choose Saturday.

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