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Plaka Monastiraki Square
Traditional neigh- tavernas and enjoy your dinner lis-
tening to bouzoukia, a type of popular
borhoods with a Greek urban folk music. Makrygianni
special ambience. neighborhood is an area with many
neoclassical imposing buildings. Thiseio
district lies northwest of the Acropo-
Athens’ historic centre includes
neighborhoods with an ambiance of by- lis area and it, too, brims with culture.
Visit the temple of god Hephaestus,
gone days; next to ancient Greek and
Byzantine monuments and churches lie the National Observatory of Athens on
houses dating to the Ottoman Occupa- Nymphon Hill, the Herakleidon Muse-
tion period and impressive 19th c. neo- um, and the 11th c. Agion Asomaton
classical buildings. Byzantine Church.
The Benaki Museum of Islamic Art
Visit the famous Plaka district, locat-
ed right next to the Acropolis; wander neighbors Kerameikos archaeological
in Anafiotika, Plaka’s picture-perfect site and the Ancient Agora. Another
neighborhood that carries a marked district with an atmosphere is Gazi, an
area named after the 19th century gas
island ambiance in its back streets and
houses. Continue your walk towards works that provided the city with gas-
Monastiraki where there is a lively flea light up to a century ago. This is where
market (on Sundays), and stroll in pe- the city’s Technopolis cultural centre is
destrianized Pandrosou and Adrianou located.
Sts. From Monastiraki Sq. head north-
west to Psyrri, one of the oldest neigh- Visit the premises where the Indus-
borhoods in Athens, that stretches trial Gas Museum is housed, and pick
around Iroon Sq. from a wide range of cultural events
and exhibitions hosted there around
Choose one of the local traditional the year.
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