Hey Greeks ,name you 5 favorite parts of Athens!?

Hmm. ok !

1)I live in Glyfada so I really like this area.

2) Syntagma area, especially Voukourestiou street

3) Plaka

4) Vouliagmeni especially EN PLO cafe

5) Strange as it may seem to some, I like Dasos Chaidariou, there are many nice bars there. x

1) KIFISIA: for sure the best Athens suburb. Very green, trees everywhere, beautiful sidewalks and homes. Nea Kifisia its best part imho.

2) MAROUSI: very modern, an important financial centre with glass-covered buildings, malls, but also cafes. It is connected with the rest of Athens with everything: suburban railway, ilektrikos, attiki odos, etc.

3) The Area between Stadiou, Panepistimiou, and SYNTAGMA: the heart of Athens. Some beautiful neoclassical buildings too.

4) GLYFADA: its great, especially in the summer. The beach has improved a lot recently, and there are lots of cafes, bars, etc. I just do not like the palm trees, Athens is not Miami, I wish they planted more Mediterranean trees.

5) DROSIA: somehow similar to Nea Kifisia, it is very green and it is great to live there. However, it is a bit far from the rest of Athens.

I think in the future, other two great Athens areas will be The Faliro seafront, as they are going to build new Athens Opera and National Library there (architect: Renzo Piano!!), and Hellenikon, as the old airport is going to be transformed in a giant park: it is going to be one of the largest urban parks in Europe.

Well, since you mention a suburb, I'm going to cheat a little too.

1) Piraeus (technically not part of Athens) - I just love it there, I don't know how to explain it. I think it's because it has the feel of a real city that's surrounded by water, much like New York (Hudson River and East River), for example. Just to let you know, I don't like Olympiakos, I'm AEK. I try to forget the connection between Olympiakos and Piraeus.

2) Thisseio - I prefer it over Plaka because you still have great views of the Acropolis, but you also have some space to breathe and relax (because the streets are so narrow in Plaka, I feel a little "trapped" there).

3) Mikrolimano - it's my favorite area to go have a coffee or clubbing during the summer.

4) Kallithea - well it's where I live and do most of my work, so I have to show a little pride, right?

5) I like several other areas, but I can't think of a fifth place that I'd actually call my "favorite".

P.S. I don't like any of the "rich"/"famous" suburbs, be they North, East, South.

1. Thissio: I love the view of the Acropolis, I love walking with no cars beside me. Actually, I like the whole walk along Dionissiou Areopagitou st., past the Acropolis to Thissio.

2. Pagrati: It's the place I grew up and live: I like the cafes, there are some nice taverns, the walk from my house to Kallimarmaro, some very beautiful neo-classical houses (very few, unfortunately) and the attractive area of Mets where I went to school.

3. Zappeio, the National Garden and Syntagma: the upper half where the Parliament is situated.

4. Marina Flisvou: I like walking there, I like the shops and the cafes and the SEA!!!

5. I also like Marina Alimou because it is next to the sea, too, and because of Skipper's: it's beautiful in the summer, nice music, too. I like Microlimano, too.

Plaka is very nice: some amazing houses there, but I prefer it quiet, without so many people I guess.

Well, I forgot: I like Likavittos hill, too. And some beautiful bars and cafes where there is nice music in Kolonaki, Exarhia, around Klafthmonos Square and Karitsi Square, Gazi...

When i lived in athens for 6 months at my mothers patriko spiti in kato patisia..i would get the underground train and go to omonia ..there i would go a little place around the corner for a big ..nescafe.. me sisto pxomaki and agno bhtypo..me agno meli so delecious...then casually walk to panepistimoy...and buya greek paper..and sit out side the cafe tot he entrance of the uni..and order my campari..and pull out a cigar and light it up and watch all the busy bee,s around me for an hour or so..then head of to look around the shopping centres of athnes.. were i would get some like a souvlakia me patates and some amstele beer ..lovley stuff...and then go and sit in the old roman baths just out side the acropolis i loved it there for soem reason basicly becuse then it was quiet....from there i would like to get to pireas to where the turkolimani is there ia little cafe that over looks all pireaus on the hill and u get the planes flying above u.. would sit down to kafediakia kai some baklava or galktoburiko...from there i tried to go to syndagma sqaure where i would buy an eglish paper and order frappe..and sit read and watch allt he poeple rushing.. does any body rember the little guy who use to get taxis for people atteh taxi stand? lol he was so funny.. int he evening i would like to go walking along back home along 3rd spetember street...and soem times i might go to the paralia at the most nearest one and tryt o find a steki where i could have some fish with ouzaky..or even octapodi.. and just watch the waves hit the shorewhile the sun came down.. so i think there are about my 5 most liked place i liked to go in athens but that way way back in 82..iam sure things have changed dramatically now..

Plaka , Pagrati , Kolonaki , Kifisia , Kesariani

1) ILIOUPOLI is my hometown - I love SUNCITY

2) EKSARXEIA I have many good friends there and I go many years is like my 2nd home

3) PLAKA-MONASTIRAKI I agree with you

4) GLIFADA One of the most beautiful suburbs of Athens

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5) PETROUPOLI I love TERRA-PETRA.

I am Turk, and I like the places where are big Greek boys with big cucumbers to put inside my backyard

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