Athens · Greece
Athens by neighborhood.
2 neighborhoods profiled, each written by an editor who's slept in a hotel there, eaten at the locals' spot, and sent postcards home.
Plaka
Athens' Acropolis-adjacent old town — labyrinth lanes, 19th-century townhouses, and the most tourist-dense square mile in Greece
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Koukaki
Athens' quieter residential quarter south of the Acropolis — local cafés, walkable to every major site, and the base returning visitors prefer
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