Plaka (including Monastiraki)

Plaka is the neighborhood of the ancient Athens and the Olympic Gods, it represents the romantic Athens where you can stroll around in the narrow labyrinth of cobblestone streets, admiring the beauty of the architecture of the renovated historical houses with picturesque doorways and windows… as if it were from a picture. Here you can escape from the city and enjoy in serenity a Frappe on the sloping green hills of the Acropolis, while pondering the future in the footprints of history.

 

But Plaka is also one of the touristy areas of Athens. Around the central square you will return back to earth with the hectic pace of life and experience the many typical, yet commercialized, outdoor Greek taverns and cafes and its busses full of tourists, rushing in its main pedestrian streets, Pandrosou and Adrianou, looking for souvenirs, jewelry, handcrafts, paintings, leather goods, art and clothes. Perfect gifts to bring back home, but the experience of the beauty of Plaka’s history will stay forever in your mind.

 

Culture +++ (Acropolis, churches)

Shopping +++ (tourist shops, art, fine goods, jewelry)

Eating +++ (tavernas)

Nightlife + (tavernas with life music, and some “lost” bars)