AREAS OF ATHENS

The Municipality of Athens is divided into several districts. Plaka, lying just beneath the Acropolis, is famous for its plentiful neoclassical architecture, making up one of the most scenic districts of the city. It remains a traditionally prime tourist destination with a number of picturesque tavernas.

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AREAS SITES OF ATHENS: Exarcheia, Glyfada, Kerameikos, Kolonaki, Lycabettus, Metaxourgeio, Monastiraki, Omonoia Square, Palaio Faliro, Plaka, Syntagma Square,

EXARCHEIA Exarcheia, alternatively spelled as Exarchia, Exarheia and Exarhia, is the name of a neighborhood in downtown Athens, Greece close to the historical building of the National Technical University of Athens. The Exarcheia region is famous as a stomping ground for Greek anarchists. The National Archaeological Museum of Athens is located in Exarcheia ...

GLYFADA Glyfada is a suburb south of Athens. The area, which is home to many of Greece's millionaires, ministers and celebrities, stretches out from the foot of the Hymettus mountain to the Saronic Gulf. This fashion-conscious suburb is known in Greece for its upmarket cafes, well-known restaurants, boutiques and cosmopolitan summer clubs ...

KERAMEIKOS Kerameikos is an area of Athens, Greece, located to the northwest of the Acropolis, which includes an extensive area both within and outside the city walls, on both sides of the Dipylon Gate and by the banks of the Eridanos River. It was the potters' quarter of the city, from which the English word 'ceramic' is derived, and was also the site of an important cemetery ...

KOLONAKI Kolonaki (Little Column) is a neighborhood in central Athens, located on the southwestern slopes of Lycabettus hill. Kolonaki is a wealthy, chic and upmarket district, and a fashionable meeting area. As one of the capital's leading shopping areas, it includes a number of high-end boutiques. One of its main shopping streets, Voukourestiou Street, is known for its jewellery ...

LYCABETTUS Mount Lycabettus, also known as Lycabettos, Lykabettos or Lykavittos, is a Cretaceous limestone hill in Athens, Greece. At 277 meters (908 feet) above sea level, the hill is the highest point in the city that surrounds it. Pine trees cover its base, and at its peak are the 19th century Chapel of St. George, a theatre, and a restaurant ...

METAXOURGEIO Metaxourgeio is a neighborhood located north of the historical center of Athens, between Kolonos to the east and Kerameikos to the west, and north of Gazi. Metaxourgeio is frequently described as a transition neighborhood. The area is acquiring a reputation as a fashionable neighborhood due to the opening of many art galleries, museums, and trendy restaurants and cafes ...

MONASTIRAKI Monastiraki, literally little monastery, is a flea market neighborhood in the old town of Athens, Greece, and is one of the principal shopping districts in Athens. The area is home to clothing boutiques, souvenir shops, and specialty stores, and is a major tourist attraction in Athens and Attica for bargain shopping. The main streets are Pandrossou and Adrianou Street ...

OMONOIA SQUARE Omonoia Square (Concord Square), often plainly referred to as Omonia, is a square in Athens. It is served by a train station used by the Athens Metro and the Ilektrikos, appropriately named Omonoia Station. The focal space here has been argued to have existed since ancient times, later abandoned but revived when Athens became a city once more ...

PALAIO FALIRO Palaio Faliro is a suburb in the southern part of Athens, Greece. The area is famous for its beaches , forming Athens' nearest beach and Piraeus' only beach. Palaio Faliro has beaches within the Saronic mainly in the western area. The yacht harbour (Marina Alimou) with several piers lies to the south east, while the Trokadero harbour lies to the northwest ...

THE PLAKA Plaka is the old historical neighborhood of Athens, clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis, and incorporating labyrinthine streets and neoclassical architecture. Plaka is built on top of the residential areas of the ancient town of Athens. It is known as the 'Neighbourhood of the Gods' due to its proximity to the Acropolis and its many archaeological sites ...

SYNTAGMA SQUARE Syntagma Square (Constitution Square), is located in central Athens, Greece. The Square is named after the Constitution that King Otto was forced to grant the people after a popular and military uprising, on September 3, 1843. The Greek Parliament is immediately across Amalias Avenue to the east, and surrounded by the extensive National Gardens, which are open to the public ...

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