Athens - Plaka old town

Plaka is the most famous old historical neighbourhood of Athens with labyrinthine small narrow streets, lots of restaurants, Greek Tavernas, bars, clubs, coffee houses and souvenir shops. Most of the streets have been closed to automobile traffic. The area of Plaka is one of the most attractive districts and though it is quite commercialized it is still one of the nicest neighbourhoods in central Athens. Under the slopes of the Acropolis, Plaka attracts many visitors of Athens with its neoclassical mansions and houses with roofs from red tiles, its small winding roads with their steps, balconies with bougainvilleas, geraniums and jasmines.