Doors of Pláka ~~
“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. It is known as the “Neighborhood of the Gods” due to its proximity to the Acropolis and its many archaeological sites.” We stayed at a hotel in Pláka, which was the best decision we’ve ever made. Location, location, location! This post shows doors from the old part of Pláka. It was fun walking around the narrow streets looking for doors. And I found many! There will be more doors from Pláka in future posts.
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I have such happy memories of the Plaka district from my back-packing student days in late 60s. I’ve so enjoyed this post. Thank you
So glad to have brought you good memories! Plaka is indeed a fun place.
That black metal door is pretty.
I love that many of these old cities are built on top of even older cities. When we were in Rome we were told that whenever they started excavating for a new building they had to watch for ancient ruins underneath. Great pictures. Thanks.
Hi Angela, hope this isn’t a duplicate – having trouble with comments today. I love your pictures. Anything with labyrinthine streets is calling my name. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed them. 😊
Nice shots Angela. The dark green one, top right is my fave.
Thanks, Norm.
Great scenery accompanied by equally fantastic doors; nice finds! I wish we spent more time exploring Greece but we stayed mostly on the islands.
The islands are great, but Athens is where you see the real Greece.
We spent a few day in Athens; even had their Greek coffee at lunch; strongest brew and full of grit, that I ever drank but I loved our time there, too, in spite of the heat.
Nothing compared to Turkish coffee, is it?
Don’t recall having done Turkish coffee, yet!
It’s awful!
Nice gallery from a place with a rather grand nickname. 🙂 I haven’t been to Greece since the mid-seventies so I don’t have as many memories as I’d like. My memories of Athens are mostly of the Acropolis, et all, souvlaki, yogurt, and baklava, flies on the meat at the market, and toilets that were just a hole in the floor. 🙂
janet
You must go back… I loved Athens. Not everything is perfect, but the city apparently benefitted a lot from hosting the Olympics and managed to keep up with the improvements. I suppose it’s nothing like it was in the mid-seventies.
Probably not but it would be great to visit again. The historical things would still be the same.