Athens: Neighbourhood
Places and attractions in the Neighbourhood category
Categories
- Museum
- Historical place
- Archaeological site
- Area
- Art museum
- Ancient Greek architecture
- History museum
- Monuments and statues
- Specialty museum
- Temple
- Street
- Ruins
- Church
- Park
- Memorial
- Archaeological museum
- Neighbourhood
- Unesco
- Concerts and shows
- Theater
- Square
- Sacred and religious sites
- Shopping
- Sport
- Sport venue
- Acropolis
- Performing arts
- Event space
- Natural attraction
- Library
- Universities and schools
- Nature
- Arenas and stadiums
Rouf
Rouf is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It is located to the west of the Athens centre, between Piraeus and Petrou Ralli Avenue. Rouf is named after a Bavarian businessman who, during Otto's reign, bought large areas in this location to make a farm. When the railway passed through this area, the local station was named Rouf.
Strefi Hill
Hilltop park with Acropolis vistas Strefi Hill is a limestone hill and urban natural park in the Greek capital of Athens. It is located on the border of Neapoli neighborhood and Exarcheia, northwest of mount Lykavittos. Its earliest name was Aghesmos. It is approximately 150 meters above sea level.
Exarcheia
Exarcheia is a self-governing anarchist neighbourhood in central Athens, Greece close to the historical building of the National Technical University of Athens.
Kolonaki
Kolonaki, literally "Little Column", is an upscale neighborhood in central Athens, Greece. It is located on the southern slopes of Lycabettus hill. Its name derives from the two metre column that defined the area even before the area's urbanization.
Plaka
Acropolis temples and family-run tavernas Pláka is the old historical neighborhood of Athens, clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis, and incorporating labyrinthine streets and neoclassical architecture. Plaka is built on top of the residential areas of the ancient town of Athens.
Pangrati
Pangrati or Pagrati is a neighborhood in Central Athens, Greece, having an estimated population of 35,173 residents.
Akadimia Platonos
Akadimia Platonos literally meaning Plato's Academy, is a neighbourhood located 3 km west-northwest of the downtown part of the Greek capital of Athens.
Monastiraki
Monastiraki is a flea market neighborhood in the old town of Athens, Greece, and is one of the principal shopping districts in Athens.
Goudi
Goudi is a residential neighbourhood of Athens, Greece, on the eastern part of town and on the foothills of Mount Hymettus.
Makrygianni
Makrygianni or Makriyanni is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. Also known as Acropolis, it is located in the south side of Acropolis and bounded between the avenues Dionysiou Areopagitou and Syngrou.
Metaxourgeio
Metaxourgeio or Metaxourgio, meaning "silk mill", is a neighbourhood of Athens, Greece. The neighbourhood is located north of the historical centre of Athens, between Kolonos to the east and Kerameikos to the west, and north of Gazi.
Ampelokipoi
Ampelokipoi or Ampelokipi, meaning 'vineyards', is a large, central district of the city of Athens. Ampelokipoi is in the centre of Athens, near Zografou, Goudi, Psychiko and Pagkrati.
Anafiotika
Anafiotika is a scenic tiny neighborhood of Athens, part of the old historical neighborhood called Plaka. It lies in northerneast side of the Acropolis hill.
Polygono
Polygono is a neighbourhood of Athens, Greece. In contrast to surrounding areas, it is not as densely populated, owing to a ban on the construction of multi-storey buildings. The courts for Athens are located in this district.
Kolonos
Kolonos is a densely populated working-class district of the Municipality of Athens. It is named after the ancient deme, Hippeios Colonus. The district hosts a multi-year football club, Attikos F.C. that was founded in 1919.
Psyri
Psyri or Psiri or Psyrri or Psirri is a gentrified neighbourhood in Athens, Greece, today known for its restaurants, bars, live music tavernas, and small number of hotels.
Agios Panteleimonas
Agios Panteleimonas or Aghios Panteleimonas is a neighbourhood of Athens, located northwest of the centre of Athens between Viktorias Square and Attikis Square. The main street of the district is Acharnon Avenue.
Votanikos
Votanikos is a neighborhood located 3 km west of the downtown part of the Greek capital of Athens. The area is named after a nearby botanical garden situated to the southwest. The eastern part are residential, the western part are forested and industrialized. The subdivision has no squares but has a nearby school.
Philopappou
Philopappou or Filopappou is a small neighborhood of Athens, Greece south of the Philopappos Monument, from which it takes its name.
Asteroskopeio
Asteroskopeio, meaning 'observatory', is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It is located between Thiseio and Nymphon Hill. The neighbourhood named after the National Observatory of Athens that was built in Nymphon Hill in 1842, thanks to donation of rich Greek Georgios Sinas. Near the hill is located Pnyx.
Aerides
Aerides is a small neighborhood of Athens, Greece surrounding the Tower of the Winds, from where it takes its name. It is a subdivision of Plaka.
Rizoupoli
Rizoupoli is a neighborhood of Nea Filadelfeia-Chalkidona, Greece. It is the northernmost neighborhood of municipality along with the small district Probonas.
Akadimia
Akadimia, literally "Academy", is a neighborhood in central Athens, Greece. Located directly north and slight west of Syntagma Square, it is bounded by Akadimias Street, Panepistimiou Street, Solonos Street and Stadiou Street.
Kallimarmaro
Kallimarmaro is a small neighborhood of Athens, Greece, named after the Panathenaic Stadium. It is located within Pangrati.
Kypriadou
Kypriadou, formerly known as Alysida is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It is named for agronomist Epameinondas Kypriadis.
Kountouriotika
Kountouriotika is a small neighborhood of Athens, Greece, named after the admiral and later President of Greece Pavlos Kountouriotis. It is located within Ampelokipoi.
Girokomeio
Girokomeio or Girokomio, meaning 'nursing home' is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It is named for the large old people's nursing home in the area.
Nea Filothei
Nea Filothei is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. The area is named for St Filothei who was active in the area.
Profitis Daniil
Profitis Daniil meaning 'Prophet Daniel' is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It takes its name from the main church on Athinon Avenue.
Patisia
Patisia or Patissia is a neighbourhood of central Athens, Greece. It is split in two neighbourhoods: Ano Patisia and Kato Patisia. The main streets of Patisia are Patision Av. and Acharnon Av.
Sepolia
Sepolia is a neighbourhood north of the centre of Athens, Greece. The Sepolia metro station is situated in the neighbourhood. Sepolia owes to its name in the Greek phrase exo poleos, which means "outside the city".
Agios Eleftherios
Agios Eleftherios is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. The neighbourhood takes its name from the church of the same name on Acharnon Street.
Treis Gefyres
Treis Gefyres meaning 'Three bridges' is a neighborhood in Athens, Greece. It is located in north-west of the centre of Athens, in the point where the railways meets Cephissus river. It borders with Kato Patissia and Peristeri. Its name derived from the bridges that located in this point.
Kynosargous
Kynosargous, up until 1908 known as Dourgouti, is a small neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It is named after the Cynosarges which is thought to have been in the area in antiquity. It is served by Syngrou Fix station on Line 2 of the Athens Metro.
Gouva
Gouva, also known as Agios Artemios is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It is located to the southeast of central Athens between the First Cemetery of Athens and Dafni.
Probonas
Probonas or Promponas is a northerly neighborhood of Athens, Greece. Probonas is the northernmost neighborhood of the municipality of Athens, located on its north-west angle.
Attiki
Attiki is a neighbourhood of Athens, located to the northwest of the centre. The neighbourhood and its central square are named after Attica Railways, a railway company that constructed the line Athens-Kifissia-Lavrion. Attiki station was the terminus of this line.
Asyrmatos
Asyrmatos or Attaliotika is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It is located in the west slopes of Philopappos Hill, next to Ano Petralona district. It is technically part of Petralona. Asyrmatos was named after a transmitting antenna of Greek Navy.
Thymarakia
Thymarakia is a neighborhood of Athens. It takes its name from the Greek word 'θυμάρι' which means 'thyme', which was formerly plentiful in the area. The area is served by Agios Nikolaos metro station on line 1 of the Athens Metro.
Elaionas
Elaionas is a neighborhood of Piraeus, Greece. It is an industrial area and one of the most deprived areas of the municipality of Athens.
Mets
Mets is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It is located between Ardettos Hill, First Cemetery of Athens and Temple of Olympian Zeus. Mets owes its name to a beer brewery, opened by Bavarian brewer Karl Fuchs.
Ilisia
Ilisia is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece, named after the river Ilisos. A portion of the neighborhood, Ano Ilisia, is in Zografou and is near the Theology, Philosophy and Scientific faculties of the University of Athens.
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