The elongated Panathenaic Stadium, built for the first
modern Olympic Games in 1896, acts as grand gateway to
the otherwise purely Athenian neighborhood of
Pangrati. This area of typical small squares, busy
main roads and residential streets will give you a
clear sense of what living in this metropolis is like.
A walk up quiet Markou Mousourou Street on the west
side of the stadium will bring you past the First
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National Cemetery to Mets, home to many expats. Turn
right to reach the charming Platia Varnava. East of
the stadium, commercial Eratosthenous Street leads to
rather nondescript Platia Plastira, from where
Effranoros Street continues uphill to Platia Profiti
Ilia, crowned by a huge church. Among the standard
four- to six-story apartment blocks that typify
Athens, Pangrati also boasts some genuinely authentic
tavernas and the odd trendy bar.
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