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Athens Travel Guide

A bustling and cosmopolitan metropolis, Athens is central to economic, financial, industrial, political and cultural life in Greece. It is rapidly becoming a leading business centre in the European Union. It is in many ways the birthplace of Classical Greece, and therefore of Western civilization.

About Athens

Athens covers an area of 159 sq. miles (411.7 square Km) and is estimated to have a population of 3.8 million people being the capital and the largest city in Greece. It is one of the world's oldest cities, its recorded history spans at least 3,000 years.

Athens Central Market

aeokisoksm-shop.jpgThe two other main shopping streets of Eolou and Agiou Marou are the streets where you can find incredible bargains in clothes, fabrics, yarn, shoes, and cafes where you can catch your breath after a period of furious shopping. There are old women from Russia and young men from Persia, selling silk shirts, socks, and underwear on the street. You probably won’t be in the market for any meat or fish but you can buy some fruit, olives or nuts for your room. If you go down Evripidou Street and cross Athinas street you will come to an area that is the Athenian Eqiuvelant of China town. Or maybe its India-Pakistani town? Or the nearest Middle-east? Whatever you want to call it, the neighborhood is full of small Chinese import shops, the excellent Elixer Herb Shop (on Evripidou), plant shops, dry goods and who knows what else?

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