Anafiotika

White houses with blue windows, little piece of Aegean islands in the heart of Athens

Anafiotika (Greek: Αναφιώτικα pronounced [a.naˈfço.ti.ka]) is a scenic tiny neighborhood of Athens, part of the old historical neighborhood called Plaka. It lies in northerneast side of the Acropolis hill. The first houses were built in the era of Otto of Greece, when workers from the island of…Read more

A small neghtborhood under the slopes of Acropolis...like a cycladitic island! The most beautiful in my opinion concerning the historical city center !

ANAFIOTIKA area of Plaka

The neighborhood was built according to typical Cycladic architecture, and even nowadays gives to visitors the feel of Greek islands in the heart of the city, with white walls and small spaces, usually with the presence of bougainvillea flowers. Houses are small and mostly cubic, small streets that…Read more

Very popular area close to Acropolis at the shadow of the Acropolis is Plaka, the most picturesque and oldest district of Athens, which was continuously inhabited from antiquity to the present day. The neighborhood of gods, as it was called, resembles a journey to old Athens with antiquities,…Read more