The district of Plaka dates to neolithic times but a new wave of development is luring more tourists – and local people are fighting back In a neoclassical building in Athens on the oldest street of ...

When the pre-neoclassical home of George Finlay, the great Scottish historian, came up for sale in Athens' historic Plaka district, Anna Pataki and her painter husband rushed to buy it. Seduced by the ...

Tourists walking in front of the more than 2,000 year-old Parthenon temple at the Acropolis in Athens. The world heritage site welcomed 4.5 million visitors last year. — AFP SURROUNDED by a hubbub of ...

The Plaka District has so many cute shops and excellent Greek restaurants. It’s filled with old-world charm and energy, is very walkable, which is very important to us when we travel, and is the ...

Architect Giorgos Zafeiriou has been living in Plaka, Athens’ historic neighborhood under the Acropolis hill, almost half of his life. The building he bought and renovated 35 years ago is a ...

Six-Story Commercial Hotel situated in Plaka district, convenient to the Acropolis, museums, train station & shopping.

Ten million people are expected to visit Athens in 2025 - Copyright AFP/File DAVID GRAY Ten million people are expected to visit Athens in 2025 - Copyright AFP/File ...

Surrounded by a hubbub of blaring music, restaurant terraces and rumbling suitcase wheels slaloming between overflowing litter bins, Giorgos Zafeiriou believes surging tourism has made his historic ...